Shloka 11

Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च

Devanagari script

सहस्रशीर्षा विश्वात्मा सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् सहस्रबाहुः सर्वज्ञः सर्वदेवभवोद्भवः

Transliteration

sahasraśīrṣā viśvātmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt sahasrabāhuḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvadevabhavodbhavaḥ

Translation

Ele é o de Mil Cabeças, a Alma do universo; com mil olhos e mil pés. Com mil braços, é o Onisciente — a fonte primordial de onde procedem a existência e o surgimento de todos os deuses.

Word by Word

• सहस्र-शीर्षा: thousand-headed (infinite-headed)

• विश्व-आत्मा: the Self/Soul of the universe

• सहस्र-अक्षः: thousand-eyed (all-seeing)

• सहस्र-पात्: thousand-footed (all-pervading)

• सहस्र-बाहुः: thousand-armed (of limitless power)

• सर्व-ज्ञः: omniscient

• सर्व-देव-भव-उद्भवः: the source of the becoming/origin of all gods

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the glory and all-pervasive nature of Pati—Śiva—as revealed in the Liṅga manifestation account)