Shloka 8

Adhyaya 59 — सूर्याद्यभिषेककथनम्

Surya and Related Abhisheka/ Cosmological Determinations

Devanagari script

स्वयंभूर्भगवांस्तत्र लोकसर्वार्थसाधकः खद्योतवत्स व्यचरद् आविर्भावचिकीर्षया

Transliteration

svayaṃbhūrbhagavāṃstatra lokasarvārthasādhakaḥ khadyotavatsa vyacarad āvirbhāvacikīrṣayā

Translation

स्वयंभूर्भगवांस्तत्र लोकसर्वार्थसाधकः । खद्योतवत्स व्यचरदाविर्भावचिकीर्षया ॥

Word by Word

• स्वयंभूः: self-born, self-existent (Svayambhū)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord (Pati, Īśvara)

• तत्र: there, in that place/context

• लोक: the worlds, beings as a whole

• सर्व-अर्थ-साधकः: fulfiller of all aims/ends (dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣa) for the worlds

• खद्योतवत्: like a khadyota, a firefly (small, flickering radiance)

• व्यचरद्: moved about, wandered, pervaded/roamed

• आविर्भाव: manifestation, becoming evident

• चिकीर्षया: with the intention/desire to do (to bring about).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)