Shloka 149

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

बहुमालो महामालः शिपिविष्टः सुलोचनः विस्तारो लवणः कूपः कुसुमाङ्गः फलोदयः

Transliteration

bahumālo mahāmālaḥ śipiviṣṭaḥ sulocanaḥ vistāro lavaṇaḥ kūpaḥ kusumāṅgaḥ phalodayaḥ

Translation

तो बहुमाल, महामालधारी; सर्वरूपांत व्यापणारा शिपिविष्ट; सुलोचन। तोच अनंत विस्तार, रस-लवणासारखा सार; कूपासारखा स्रोत; कुसुमासारखी शुभ अंगे असलेला, आणि फलोदय—फलप्राप्तीचा उगम।

Word by Word

• बहुमालः: one adorned with many garlands

• महामालः: wearer of the great garland (supreme ornamented Lord)

• शिपिविष्टः: the all-pervading one who has entered/inhabits all forms

• सुलोचनः: the beautiful-eyed, gracious seer

• विस्तारः: the vast expanse, the all-extended reality

• लवणः: savour/essence, also the one who gives ‘taste’ (rasa) to existence

• कूपः: well/spring, the source from which beings draw

• कुसुमाङ्गः: flower-limbed, whose form is auspicious and fragrant with purity

• फलोदयः: the arising of fruits (karmic results), the bestower of fruition

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)