Shloka 100

अध्याय ८२ — व्यपोहनस्तवः (पापव्यपोहन-स्तोत्रम्)

Devanagari script

मातॄणां रक्षको नित्यं महावृषभवाहनः त्रैलोक्यनमितः श्रीमान् शिवपादार्चने रतः

Transliteration

mātṝṇāṃ rakṣako nityaṃ mahāvṛṣabhavāhanaḥ trailokyanamitaḥ śrīmān śivapādārcane rataḥ

Translation

അവൻ മാതൃകളുടെ നിത്യ രക്ഷകൻ; മഹാവൃഷഭവാഹനൻ, ത്രൈലോക്യം നമിക്കുന്ന ശ്രീമാൻ—ശിവപാദാര്ചനയിൽ സദാ ലീനൻ।

Word by Word

• मातॄणाम्: of the Mothers (Mātṛs)

• रक्षकः: protector/guardian

• नित्यम्: always, eternally

• महावृषभवाहनः: he whose vehicle is the great bull (Nandin)

• त्रैलोक्यनमितः: bowed to by the three worlds

• श्रीमान्: auspicious, glorious, illustrious

• शिवपादार्चने: in the worship (arcana) of Śiva’s feet

• रतः: devoted/engaged, absorbed

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)