Shloka 86

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

विश्वगोप्ता विश्वभर्ता सुधीरो रुचिराङ्गदः जननो जनजन्मादिः प्रीतिमान्नीतिमान्नयः

Transliteration

viśvagoptā viśvabhartā sudhīro rucirāṅgadaḥ janano janajanmādiḥ prītimānnītimānnayaḥ

Translation

विश्वगोप्ता विश्वभर्ता सुधीरो रुचिराङ्गदः। जननो जनजन्मादिः प्रीतिमान्नीतिमान्नयः॥

Word by Word

• विश्वगोप्ता (viśva-goptā): protector of the universe

• विश्वभर्ता (viśva-bhartā): sustainer/bearer of the universe

• सुधीरः (sudhīraḥ): supremely wise, steady in insight

• रुचिराङ्गदः (rucirāṅgadaḥ): wearing beautiful armlets/ornaments

• जननः (jananaḥ): begetter, progenitor

• जनजन्मादिः (jana-janma-ādiḥ): the beginning/source of beings’ births

• प्रीतिमान् (prītimān): full of benevolence/grace

• नीतिमान् (nītimān): endowed with right conduct/dharma

• नयः (nayaḥ): leader/guide, the one who conducts along the path

Speaker

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