Shloka 165

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

गुरुः कान्तो निजः सर्गः पवित्रः सर्ववाहनः शृङ्गी शृङ्गप्रियो बभ्रू राजराजो निरामयः

Transliteration

guruḥ kānto nijaḥ sargaḥ pavitraḥ sarvavāhanaḥ śṛṅgī śṛṅgapriyo babhrū rājarājo nirāmayaḥ

Translation

तो गुरु व प्रिय आहे; तोच आपला निज सर्ग—अंतःस्रोत—आहे. तो पवित्रकर्ता, सर्व वाहनांचा आधार; शृंगी, शृंगप्रिय, बभ्रु, राजराज व निरामय आहे.

Word by Word

• गुरुः: the spiritual preceptor (Pati as the inner Guru)

• कान्तः: beloved, enchanting Lord

• निजः: one’s own, innermost

• सर्गः: emanation, creation, the source of projection

• पवित्रः: purifier, sanctifier

• सर्ववाहनः: bearer/support of all vehicles and carriers, sustainer of all moving beings

• शृङ्गी: horned, possessing projecting power/crest (symbol of potency)

• शृङ्गप्रियः: fond of the horned/bull-symbol (Nandin, dharma-power)

• बभ्रू: tawny-brown, the Babhrū form/name

• राजराजः: king of kings, sovereign over rulers

• निरामयः: free from disease, remover of affliction

Speaker

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