Shloka 70

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

ऊर्ध्वरेतोर्ध्वलिङ्गी च ऊर्ध्वशायी नभस्तलः त्रिजटी चीरवासाश् च रुद्रः सेनापतिर् विभुः

Transliteration

ūrdhvaretordhvaliṅgī ca ūrdhvaśāyī nabhastalaḥ trijaṭī cīravāsāś ca rudraḥ senāpatir vibhuḥ

Translation

तो ऊर्ध्वरेता, ऊर्ध्वलिंग धारण करणारा; तो नभस्तलात ऊर्ध्वशायी आहे। तो त्रिजटी, चीरवस्त्रधारी; तो रुद्र—देवगणांचा सेनापती—सर्वव्यापी विभू आहे।

Word by Word

• ऊर्ध्वरेतः: one whose semen/vital energy moves upward (sublimated through yoga)

• ऊर्ध्वलिङ्गी: bearer of the uplifted liṅga / one with the upward sign (urdhva-liṅga)

• च: and

• ऊर्ध्वशायी: one who lies/reposes above (transcendent)

• नभस्तलः: the expanse of the sky / the firmament

• त्रिजटी: the three-braided (matted hair) one

• चीरवासाः: wearer of bark-garments/ascetic raiment

• रुद्रः: Rudra (the fierce, purifying form of Shiva)

• सेनापतिः: commander/generalissimo (lord of hosts/gaṇas)

• विभुः: the omnipresent, sovereign Lord

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s names to the sages of Naimisharanya)