Shloka 166

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

अभिरामः सुशरणो निरामः सर्वसाधनः ललाटाक्षो विश्वदेहो हरिणो ब्रह्मवर्चसः

Transliteration

abhirāmaḥ suśaraṇo nirāmaḥ sarvasādhanaḥ lalāṭākṣo viśvadeho hariṇo brahmavarcasaḥ

Translation

ਉਹ ਅਭਿਰਾਮ, ਸੁਸ਼ਰਨ, ਨਿਰਾਮਯ ਅਤੇ ਸਰਵਸਾਧਨ ਹੈ। ਉਸ ਦੇ ਲਲਾਟ ਉੱਤੇ ਨੇਤਰ ਹੈ; ਉਸ ਦਾ ਦੇਹ ਹੀ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਹੈ; ਉਹ ਹਰਿਣ-ਵਰਨ ਤੇਜਸਵੀ ਅਤੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਵਰਚਸ ਨਾਲ ਦਿਪਤ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• अभिरामः: the delightful/pleasing Lord

• सुशरणः: the excellent refuge/protector

• निरामः: free from disease, untouched by affliction

• सर्वसाधनः: the means of all attainments (dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣa)

• ललाटाक्षः: the one with the forehead-eye (the third eye)

• विश्वदेहः: he whose body is the cosmos

• हरिणः: tawny/golden-hued, radiant

• ब्रह्मवर्चसः: possessing brahmanic splendour, spiritual radiance/tejas

Speaker

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