Shloka 105

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

नीलस् तथाङ्गलुप्तश् च शोभनो नरविग्रहः स्वस्ति स्वस्तिस्वभावश् च भोगी भोगकरो लघुः

Transliteration

nīlas tathāṅgaluptaś ca śobhano naravigrahaḥ svasti svastisvabhāvaś ca bhogī bhogakaro laghuḥ

Translation

तो नीलवर्ण आणि सामान्य दृष्टीस अंग लुप्त ठेवणारा; तो शोभन, नरविग्रह धारण करणारा आहे. तो स्वस्ति स्वतः आणि स्वस्तिस्वभाव; तो भोगी (पति) व भोग देणारा, तरीही लघु—अस्पर्शित, अबद्ध राहतो.

Word by Word

• नीलः: the dark-blue/blue-throated Lord

• तथा: and also

• अङ्ग-लुप्तः: whose limbs are hidden/withdrawn (beyond perception)

• च: and

• शोभनः: splendid, auspicious, beautiful

• नर-विग्रहः: having a human form/manifesting in human-like embodiment

• स्वस्ति: welfare, auspiciousness, well-being

• स्वस्ति-स्वभावः: whose intrinsic nature is auspiciousness

• च: and

• भोगी: the enjoyer (the Lord as master of experience)

• भोग-करः: maker/bestower of enjoyments (giver of worldly and spiritual fruits)

• लघुः: light, subtle, unencumbered (unattached).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)