Shloka 50

उमामहेश्वरव्रतं—पञ्चाक्षरमन्त्रस्य माहात्म्यं, न्यासः, जपविधिः, सदाचारः, विनियोगः

Devanagari script

छन्दो ऽनुष्टुप् ऋषिश्चात्री रुद्रो दैवतमुच्यते शिकारो धूम्रवर्णो ऽस्य स्थानं वै पश्चिमं मुखम्

Transliteration

chando 'nuṣṭup ṛṣiścātrī rudro daivatamucyate śikāro dhūmravarṇo 'sya sthānaṃ vai paścimaṃ mukham

Translation

Ang sukat ay Anuṣṭubh; ang ṛṣi ay si Ātrī; at ang namumunong diyos ay sinasabing si Rudra. Ang bīja-silaba ay “śi”, kulay-usok; at ang kinalalagyan nito ay ang kanlurang mukha.

Word by Word

• chandaḥ: metre

• anuṣṭup: the Anuṣṭubh poetic metre

• ṛṣiḥ: seer of the mantra

• cātrī (ātrī): Ātrī (the sage)

• rudraḥ: Rudra (Śiva as the fierce Lord)

• daivatam: presiding deity

• ucyate: is said/declared

• śikāraḥ: the syllable “śi” (bīja/phoneme)

• dhūmra-varṇaḥ: smoky-coloured/grey-hued

• asya: of this (mantra/portion)

• sthānam: seat/place of installation (nyāsa)

• vai: indeed

• paścimam: western

• mukham: face/aspect (directional face of Śiva)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating mantra-viniyoga/nyasa details within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)