Shloka 86

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

बन्धनस्तु सुरेन्द्राणां युधि शत्रुविनाशनः सखा प्रवासो दुर्वापः सर्वसाधुनिषेवितः

Transliteration

bandhanastu surendrāṇāṃ yudhi śatruvināśanaḥ sakhā pravāso durvāpaḥ sarvasādhuniṣevitaḥ

Translation

बन्धनस्तु सुरेन्द्राणां युधि शत्रुविनाशनः। सखा प्रवासो दुर्वापः सर्वसाधुनिषेवितः॥

Word by Word

• bandhanaḥ: the Bond/Binder

• tu: indeed

• sura-indrāṇām: of the Indras/lords among the Devas

• yudhi: in battle

• śatru-vināśanaḥ: destroyer of enemies

• sakhā: friend

• pravāsaḥ: dwelling away/holy withdrawal (abiding beyond the world)

• durvāpaḥ: difficult to attain

• sarva-sādhu-niṣevitaḥ: served/resorted to by all sādhus

Speaker

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