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वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

ऋषभो वृषभो भङ्गो मणिबिम्बजटाधरः इन्दुर्विसर्गः सुमुखः शूरः सर्वायुधः सहः

Transliteration

ṛṣabho vṛṣabho bhaṅgo maṇibimbajaṭādharaḥ indurvisargaḥ sumukhaḥ śūraḥ sarvāyudhaḥ sahaḥ

Translation

ऋषभो वृषभो भङ्गो मणिबिम्बजटाधरः। इन्दुर्विसर्गः सुमुखः शूरः सर्वायुधः सहः॥

Word by Word

• ऋषभः: the excellent one / bull-like Lord

• वृषभः: the bull, dharma-incarnate, strength and righteousness

• भङ्गः: breaker, dissolver (of bondage/obstacles)

• मणिबिम्बजटाधरः: bearer of matted locks shining like jewel-orbs

• इन्दुः: the moon

• विसर्गः: emission, sacred outflow, release (also dissolution/letting-go)

• सुमुखः: beautiful-faced, auspicious-countenanced

• शूरः: heroic, valiant

• सर्वायुधः: possessing all weapons/powers

• सहः: enduring, patient, capable of bearing (all).

Speaker

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