Shloka 159

रुद्र-स्तवराजः (Rudra-Stavarāja) — Exempla of Śiva’s Boons and the Hymn’s Phalaśruti

Devanagari script

स्तूयमानो महादेवस्तुष्यते नियतात्मभि: । भक्तानुकम्पी भगवानात्मसंस्थाकरो विभु:

Transliteration

stūyamāno mahādevas tuṣyate niyatātmabhiḥ | bhaktānukampī bhagavān ātmasaṃsthākaro vibhuḥ ||

Translation

Quando devotos disciplinados e senhores de si louvam Mahādeva, Ele se compraz profundamente. O Senhor Bem-aventurado, compassivo para com seus bhaktas, é o poder que tudo permeia; Ele os estabelece na firmeza interior—assentando o ser em si mesmo.

Word by Word

• स्तूयमानः: being praised
• स्तूयमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शानच् (present passive participle)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (the great god, Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तुष्यते: is pleased / becomes satisfied
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Indicative, Ātmanepada, Third, Singular

• नियतात्मभिः: by self-controlled (disciplined-minded) persons
• नियतात्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियतात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भक्तानुकम्पी: compassionate towards devotees
• भक्तानुकम्पी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्तानुकम्पिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आत्मसंस्थाकरः: one who establishes (others) in the Self / grants self-abidance
• आत्मसंस्थाकरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मसंस्थाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विभुः: the all-powerful / the omnipresent one
• विभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• bhaktāḥ (devotees)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Self-restraint and sincere praise offered with a disciplined mind draw divine favor; Mahādeva responds with compassion and grants inner stability—helping the devotee become established in the Self.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva speaks, describing Mahādeva’s disposition: when devotees of controlled mind praise him, he is pleased and, out of compassion, bestows spiritual steadiness and inward anchoring.