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वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

व्रताधिपः परं ब्रह्म मुक्तानां परमा गतिः विमुक्तो मुक्तकेशश् च श्रीमाञ्छ्रीवर्धनो जगत्

Transliteration

vratādhipaḥ paraṃ brahma muktānāṃ paramā gatiḥ vimukto muktakeśaś ca śrīmāñchrīvardhano jagat

Translation

व्रताधिपः परं ब्रह्म मुक्तानां परमा गतिः। विमुक्तो मुक्तकेशश्च श्रीमाञ्छ्रीवर्धनो जगत्॥

Word by Word

• व्रताधिपः: Lord of vows/observances

• परं ब्रह्म: the Supreme Brahman (Pati beyond all)

• मुक्तानां: of the liberated (mukta-pashus)

• परमा गतिः: the supreme destination/goal

• विमुक्तः: completely free, untouched by pāśa (bondage)

• मुक्तकेशः: one whose hair is loosened/unbound (ascetic form)

• च: and

• श्रीमान्: possessed of śrī (splendour, auspiciousness)

• श्रीवर्धनः: increaser of prosperity and sacred fortune

• जगत्: the world/universe

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s names to the sages of Naimisharanya)