Shloka 63

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

संवत्सरः कृतीमन्त्रः प्राणायामः परंतपः योगी योगो महाबीजो महारतो महाबलः

Transliteration

saṃvatsaraḥ kṛtīmantraḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ paraṃtapaḥ yogī yogo mahābījo mahārato mahābalaḥ

Translation

അവൻ സംവത്സരൻ—കാലചക്രങ്ങളുടെ അധിപൻ; ഫലപ്രദമായ പവിത്രമന്ത്രം; പ്രാണായാമരൂപ ശാസനം; പരന്തപൻ—ശത്രുദമകൻ. അവൻ യോഗിയും യോഗം തന്നെയും; മഹാബീജം—പരമ കാരണതത്ത്വം; മഹാരതനായ সাধകൻ; അതിമഹാബലവാൻ.

Word by Word

• संवत्सरः: the Year, lord of cyclical time

• कृतीमन्त्रः: efficacious/fruit-bearing mantra

• प्राणायामः: regulation of life-breath, prāṇāyāma

• परंतपः: scorcher of enemies, subduer of opposing forces

• योगी: accomplished yogin

• योगः: yoga, the path and the means

• महाबीजः: great seed, supreme causal principle

• महारतः: greatly devoted/engaged in practice, supremely intent

• महाबलः: of great strength, immeasurable power

Speaker

Suta Goswami (reciting the Shiva Sahasranama to the sages at Naimisharanya)