Shloka 137

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

धृतिमान्मतिमांस्त्र्यक्षः सुकृतस्तु युधांपतिः गोपालो गोपतिर्ग्रामो गोचर्मवसनो हरः

Transliteration

dhṛtimānmatimāṃstryakṣaḥ sukṛtastu yudhāṃpatiḥ gopālo gopatirgrāmo gocarmavasano haraḥ

Translation

धृतिमान् मतिमांस्त्र्यक्षः सुकृतः स युधांपतिः। गोपालो गोपतिः ग्रामो गोचर्मवसनो हरः॥

Word by Word

• धृतिमान्: possessed of dhṛti (steadfastness/fortitude)

• मतिमान्: possessed of mati (intelligence/discernment)

• त्र्यक्षः: the three‑eyed one

• सुकृतः: the doer/embodiment of good deeds and sacred merit

• युधाम्-पतिः: lord of battles/warriors

• गोपालः: cowherd, protector of cows

• गोपतिः: lord/protector of cattle

• ग्रामः: village, community, settled order

• गोचर्म-वसनः: one whose clothing is cowhide

• हरः: Hara, the remover (of sin, bondage, suffering)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)