Shloka 113
वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)
Devanagari script
अथर्वशीर्षः सामास्य ऋक्सहस्रोर्जितेक्षणः यजुः पादभुजो गुह्यः प्रकाशौजास्तथैव च
Transliteration
atharvaśīrṣaḥ sāmāsya ṛksahasrorjitekṣaṇaḥ yajuḥ pādabhujo guhyaḥ prakāśaujāstathaiva ca
Translation
अथर्वशीर्षः सामास्य ऋक्सहस्रोर्जितेक्षणः। यजुःपादभुजो गुह्यः प्रकाशौजास्तथैव च॥
Word by Word
atharva-śīrṣaḥhe whose head is Atharva (Veda)
atharva-śīrṣaḥ:
sāma-āsyaḥhe whose mouth/face is the Sāma-Veda
sāma-āsyaḥ:
ṛk-sahasra-ūrjita-īkṣaṇaḥhe whose gaze is empowered and (like) a thousand Ṛks
ṛk-sahasra-ūrjita-īkṣaṇaḥ:
yajuḥ-pāda-bhujaḥhe whose feet (and supporting limbs) are the Yajur formulas
yajuḥ-pāda-bhujaḥ:
guhyaḥthe secret/hidden Lord, beyond ordinary grasp
guhyaḥ:
prakāśa-aujāswhose ojas is radiance—manifest luminous power
prakāśa-aujās:
tathaiva caand so indeed/likewise
tathaiva ca:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s epithets to the sages of Naimisharanya)