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Shloka 8

Aśvatthāmā’s Stuti of Rudra and Śiva’s Empowerment (सौप्तिकपर्व, अध्याय ७)

बहुरूपं गणाध्यक्ष॑ त्रयक्षं पारिषदप्रियम्‌ | धनाध्यक्षेक्षितमुखं गौरीहृदयवल्लभम्‌

bahurūpaṃ gaṇādhyakṣaṃ tryakṣaṃ pāriṣadapriyam | dhanādhyakṣekṣitamukhaṃ gaurīhṛdayavallabham ||

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «သင်သည် ပုံသဏ္ဍာန်အမျိုးမျိုးရှိသူ၊ ဂဏာတို့၏ အရှင် (ဂဏာဓ್ಯಕ್ಷ)၊ မျက်စိသုံးလုံးရှိသူ၊ သင်၏ ပါရိသဒ်တို့ ချစ်ခင်မြတ်နိုးရာ ဖြစ်တော်မူ၏။ ဓန၏ အရှင် ကုဗေရပင် သင်၏ မျက်နှာတော်ကို မျက်စိမလွှဲ စိုက်ကြည့်နေတတ်၏။ သင်သည် ဂေါရီ၏ နှလုံးသားအချစ်တော်လည်း ဖြစ်တော်မူ၏»။

बहुरूपम्having many forms
बहुरूपम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootबहुरूप
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
गणाध्यक्षम्leader of the gaṇas
गणाध्यक्षम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगणाध्यक्ष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
त्र्यक्षम्three-eyed
त्र्यक्षम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootत्र्यक्ष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पारिषदप्रियम्dear to (his) attendants
पारिषदप्रियम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपारिषदप्रिय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
धनाध्यक्षेक्षितमुखम्whose face is looked upon by the lord of wealth (Kubera)
धनाध्यक्षेक्षितमुखम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootधनाध्यक्ष-ईक्षित-मुख
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
गौरीहृदयवल्लभम्beloved of Gaurī’s heart
गौरीहृदयवल्लभम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगौरी-हृदय-वल्लभ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
Ś
Śiva (Gaṇādhyakṣa, Tryakṣa)
G
Gaṇas
P
Pāriṣadas (attendants)
K
Kubera (Dhanādhyakṣa)
G
Gaurī (Pārvatī/Umā)

Educational Q&A

The verse models bhakti through concentrated praise: the divine is approached via recognized epithets that express cosmic sovereignty (lord of gaṇas), inner vision (three-eyed), and relational grace (beloved of Gaurī). It frames devotion as a stabilizing refuge amid crisis.

In the Sauptika Parva’s tense aftermath of the war, Sañjaya voices a hymn of praise to Śiva, invoking his forms and relationships (with his attendants, with Kubera, and with Gaurī) as part of a larger supplicatory stuti seeking divine attention and protection.