Shloka 100

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

इतिहासश् च कल्पश् च दमनो जगदीश्वरः दम्भो दम्भकरो दाता वंशो वंशकरः कलिः

Transliteration

itihāsaś ca kalpaś ca damano jagadīśvaraḥ dambho dambhakaro dātā vaṃśo vaṃśakaraḥ kaliḥ

Translation

इतिहासश्च कल्पश्च दमनो जगदीश्वरः। दम्भो दम्भकरो दाता वंशो वंशकरः कलिः॥

Word by Word

• इतिहासः: sacred history/tradition

• कल्पः: cosmic cycle/ritual ordinance

• दमनः: subduer/controller

• जगदीश्वरः: Lord of the world

• दम्भः: pride/ostentation (self-asserting power)

• दम्भकरः: producer of pride/one who causes dambha

• दाता: giver/bestower

• वंशः: lineage/dynasty

• वंशकरः: progenitor/creator of lineages

• कलिः: Kali age/strife/discord

Speaker

Suta Goswami