Shloka 35

प्रसाद-ज्ञान-योग-मोक्षक्रमः तथा व्यास-रुद्रावतार-मन्वन्तर-परम्परा

Devanagari script

महाकायमुनिः शूली दण्डी मुण्डीश्वरः स्वयम् सहिष्णुः सोमशर्मा च नकुलीशो जगद्गुरुः

Transliteration

mahākāyamuniḥ śūlī daṇḍī muṇḍīśvaraḥ svayam sahiṣṇuḥ somaśarmā ca nakulīśo jagadguruḥ

Translation

Dia ialah Mahākāyamuni, muni bertubuh agung; Śūlī, pemegang trisula; Daṇḍī, pertapa yang memegang tongkat; Muṇḍīśvara, Tuhan dalam rupa renunsi berkepala cukur; Svayam, Yang wujud dengan sendirinya. Dia juga Sahiṣṇu, Yang sentiasa penyabar; Somaśarmā, yang membawa keberkatan Soma; dan Nakulīśa, Guru Alam—Pati yang menuntun paśu melampaui pāśa, keluar dari ikatan.

Word by Word

• महाकायमुनिः: the great-bodied sage (a yogic form of Shiva)

• शूली: trident-bearer

• दण्डी: staff-bearing ascetic

• मुण्डीश्वरः: lord as the shaven-headed renunciant

• स्वयम्: self-born/self-existent

• सहिष्णुः: patient, forbearing

• सोमशर्मा: Soma-śarmā, the auspicious one connected with Soma/nectar

• च: and

• नकुलीशः: Nakulīśa (Pāśupata teacher-form of Shiva)

• जगद्गुरुः: guru of the world

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s epithets/manifestations to the sages of Naimisharanya)