Shloka 165

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

गुरुः कान्तो निजः सर्गः पवित्रः सर्ववाहनः शृङ्गी शृङ्गप्रियो बभ्रू राजराजो निरामयः

Transliteration

guruḥ kānto nijaḥ sargaḥ pavitraḥ sarvavāhanaḥ śṛṅgī śṛṅgapriyo babhrū rājarājo nirāmayaḥ

Translation

गुरुः कान्तो निजः सर्गः पवित्रः सर्ववाहनः। शृङ्गी शृङ्गप्रियो बभ्रू राजराजो निरामयः॥

Word by Word

• गुरुः: the spiritual preceptor (Pati as the inner Guru)

• कान्तः: beloved, enchanting Lord

• निजः: one’s own, innermost

• सर्गः: emanation, creation, the source of projection

• पवित्रः: purifier, sanctifier

• सर्ववाहनः: bearer/support of all vehicles and carriers, sustainer of all moving beings

• शृङ्गी: horned, possessing projecting power/crest (symbol of potency)

• शृङ्गप्रियः: fond of the horned/bull-symbol (Nandin, dharma-power)

• बभ्रू: tawny-brown, the Babhrū form/name

• राजराजः: king of kings, sovereign over rulers

• निरामयः: free from disease, remover of affliction

Speaker

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