Shloka 54

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

यज्जप्त्वा तु मुनिश्रेष्ठा गाणपत्यमवाप्तवान् ॐ स्थिरः स्थाणुः प्रभुर्भानुः प्रवरो वरदो वरः

Transliteration

yajjaptvā tu muniśreṣṭhā gāṇapatyamavāptavān oṃ sthiraḥ sthāṇuḥ prabhurbhānuḥ pravaro varado varaḥ

Translation

यज्जप्त्वा मुनिश्रेष्ठो गाणपत्यमवाप्तवान्। ॐ स्थिरः स्थाणुः प्रभुर्भानुः प्रवरो वरदो वरः॥

Word by Word

• yaj: which (mantra)

• japtvā: having repeated/recited

• tu: indeed

• muni-śreṣṭhāḥ: O best of sages

• gāṇapatyam: the status of Gaṇapati/leader of the gaṇas

• avāptavān: obtained/attained

• oṃ: the sacred syllable Oṁ

• sthiraḥ: steady, unwavering

• sthāṇuḥ: immovable, the fixed pillar (a name of Śiva)

• prabhuḥ: Lord, master (Pati)

• bhānuḥ: radiant one, sun-like splendor

• pravaraḥ: most excellent, pre-eminent

• varadaḥ: boon-giver

• varaḥ: the best, supreme.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)