Shloka 56
वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)
Devanagari script
हरिश् च हरिणाक्षश् च सर्वभूतहरः स्मृतः प्रवृत्तिश् च निवृत्तिश् च शान्तात्मा शाश्वतो ध्रुवः
Transliteration
hariś ca hariṇākṣaś ca sarvabhūtaharaḥ smṛtaḥ pravṛttiś ca nivṛttiś ca śāntātmā śāśvato dhruvaḥ
Translation
वह हरि भी है और हरिणाक्ष भी; वह समस्त भूतों का हरने वाला स्मरण किया गया है। वही प्रवृत्ति भी है और निवृत्ति भी; उसका आत्मस्वरूप शान्त है, वह शाश्वत और ध्रुव है।
Word by Word
हरिः (hariḥ)Hari—he who removes (sins/bondage), also the all-pervading Lord
हरिः (hariḥ):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
हरिणाक्षः (hariṇākṣaḥ)the Lord with deer-like (gentle, wide) eyes / the one of tawny-eyed radiance
हरिणाक्षः (hariṇākṣaḥ):
सर्वभूतहरः (sarvabhūtaharaḥ)the remover/withdrawer of all beings (at dissolution), the taker away of all embodied existence
सर्वभूतहरः (sarvabhūtaharaḥ):
स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ)is remembered/called
स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ):
प्रवृत्तिः (pravṛttiḥ)outward activity, worldly engagement, the path of action
प्रवृत्तिः (pravṛttiḥ):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
निवृत्तिः (nivṛttiḥ)withdrawal, renunciation, the inward path leading to liberation
निवृत्तिः (nivṛttiḥ):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
शान्तात्मा (śāntātmā)one whose very Self is peace, tranquil essence
शान्तात्मा (śāntātmā):
शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ)eternal, perpetual
शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ):
ध्रुवः (dhruvaḥ)fixed, firm, immovable (the steady Pati).
ध्रुवः (dhruvaḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva Sahasranama to the sages at Naimisharanya)