Shloka 149

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

बहुमालो महामालः शिपिविष्टः सुलोचनः विस्तारो लवणः कूपः कुसुमाङ्गः फलोदयः

Transliteration

bahumālo mahāmālaḥ śipiviṣṭaḥ sulocanaḥ vistāro lavaṇaḥ kūpaḥ kusumāṅgaḥ phalodayaḥ

Translation

बहुमालो महामालः शिपिविष्टः सुलोचनः। विस्तारो लवणः कूपः कुसुमाङ्गः फलोदयः॥

Word by Word

• बहुमालः: one adorned with many garlands

• महामालः: wearer of the great garland (supreme ornamented Lord)

• शिपिविष्टः: the all-pervading one who has entered/inhabits all forms

• सुलोचनः: the beautiful-eyed, gracious seer

• विस्तारः: the vast expanse, the all-extended reality

• लवणः: savour/essence, also the one who gives ‘taste’ (rasa) to existence

• कूपः: well/spring, the source from which beings draw

• कुसुमाङ्गः: flower-limbed, whose form is auspicious and fragrant with purity

• फलोदयः: the arising of fruits (karmic results), the bestower of fruition

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Sahasranama to the sages of Naimisharanya)