Shloka 25

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

सोमवंशाग्रजो धीमान् भवभक्तः प्रतापवान् इक्ष्वाकोर्वंशविस्तारं पश्चाद्वक्ष्ये तपोधनाः

Transliteration

somavaṃśāgrajo dhīmān bhavabhaktaḥ pratāpavān ikṣvākorvaṃśavistāraṃ paścādvakṣye tapodhanāḥ

Translation

月の王統の最勝の裔は賢明にして、バヴァ（Bhava、シヴァ）への帰依に満ち、武威の光を放っていた。おお、タパスに富む修行者たちよ、後にまたイクシュヴァークの系譜の広がりを余すところなく語ろう。

Word by Word

• सोमवंश-अग्रजः: foremost descendant of the Lunar dynasty

• धीमान्: wise, discerning

• भव-भक्तः: devotee of Bhava (Śiva), devoted to Pati

• प्रतापवान्: illustrious, valorous

• इक्ष्वाकोः: of Ikṣvāku

• वंश-विस्तारम्: the detailed spread/extension of the dynasty

• पश्चात्: afterwards, later

• वक्ष्ये: I shall declare/recount

• तपोधनाः: O treasuries of austerity (ascetics)

Speaker

Suta Goswami