Shloka 63

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

संवत्सरः कृतीमन्त्रः प्राणायामः परंतपः योगी योगो महाबीजो महारतो महाबलः

Transliteration

saṃvatsaraḥ kṛtīmantraḥ prāṇāyāmaḥ paraṃtapaḥ yogī yogo mahābījo mahārato mahābalaḥ

Translation

संवत्सरः कृतीमन्त्रः प्राणायामः परंतपः। योगी योगो महाबीजो महारतो महाबलः॥

Word by Word

• संवत्सरः: the Year, lord of cyclical time

• कृतीमन्त्रः: efficacious/fruit-bearing mantra

• प्राणायामः: regulation of life-breath, prāṇāyāma

• परंतपः: scorcher of enemies, subduer of opposing forces

• योगी: accomplished yogin

• योगः: yoga, the path and the means

• महाबीजः: great seed, supreme causal principle

• महारतः: greatly devoted/engaged in practice, supremely intent

• महाबलः: of great strength, immeasurable power

Speaker

Suta Goswami (reciting the Shiva Sahasranama to the sages at Naimisharanya)