Shloka 3

Adhyaya 52: सोमाधारः, पुण्योदानदी, मेरुप्रदक्षिणा, जम्बूद्वीपनववर्षवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

आकाशांभोनिधिर् यो ऽसौ सोम इत्यभिधीयते आधारः सर्वभूतानां देवानाममृताकरः

Transliteration

ākāśāṃbhonidhir yo 'sau soma ityabhidhīyate ādhāraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ devānāmamṛtākaraḥ

Translation

आकाशाम्भोनिधिर्योऽसौ सोम इत्यभिधीयते। स सर्वभूताधारो देवतानाममृताकरः॥

Word by Word

• ākāśa: sky/ether

• ambhonidhiḥ: ocean, reservoir of waters

• yaḥ: who

• asau: that (well-known one)

• somaḥ: Soma (Moon/nectar principle)

• iti: thus

• abhidhīyate: is called, is designated

• ādhāraḥ: support, substratum

• sarva-bhūtānām: of all beings

• devānām: of the gods (Devas)

• amṛta-ākaraḥ: source/mine of amṛta, maker of immortality

Speaker

Suta Goswami