Shloka 86

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

भूरिश्रवाः प्रभुः शंभुः कृष्णो गौरस्तु पञ्चमः कन्या कीर्तिमती चैव योगमाता धृतव्रता

Transliteration

bhūriśravāḥ prabhuḥ śaṃbhuḥ kṛṣṇo gaurastu pañcamaḥ kanyā kīrtimatī caiva yogamātā dhṛtavratā

Translation

तो भूरिश्रवा, प्रभु आणि शंभू म्हणून प्रसिद्ध आहे; तो कृष्णही आहे आणि पाचव्या नावाने गौर. तो कन्या, कीर्तिमती, योगमाता आणि धृतव्रता—व्रतांत दृढ—असा स्तुत्य आहे।

Word by Word

• भूरिश्रवाः (bhūriśravāḥ): of great fame, widely renowned

• प्रभुः (prabhuḥ): sovereign Lord, master

• शंभुः (śaṃbhuḥ): the auspicious benefactor, Śiva

• कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ): the dark-hued one, the mysterious/absorbing one

• गौरः (gauraḥ): the radiant, fair, brilliant one

• पञ्चमः (pañcamaḥ): the fifth (as a counted epithet in the list)

• कन्या (kanyā): maiden, virgin form

• कीर्तिमती (kīrtimatī): possessed of glory/fame

• च एव (ca eva): and indeed

• योगमाता (yogamātā): mother/source of yoga, originator of yogic discipline

• धृतव्रता (dhṛtavratā): firm in vows, steadfast in observances

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-nama sequence to the sages of Naimisharanya)