Shloka 42

Brahmā’s Puṣkara Sacrifice: Kokāmukha Tīrtha, Varāha’s Aid, and the Arrival of Gāyatrī

Devanagari script

सहस्रजिह्वं साहस्रं सहस्रपरमं प्रभुं । सहस्रदं सहस्रादिं सहस्रभुजमव्ययम्

Transliteration

sahasrajihvaṃ sāhasraṃ sahasraparamaṃ prabhuṃ | sahasradaṃ sahasrādiṃ sahasrabhujamavyayam

Translation

Ta kính lễ Đấng Chúa Tể—bậc có ngàn lưỡi, oai lực ngàn lần; Đấng Tối Thượng vượt trên mọi “ngàn”; bậc ban phát muôn ngàn; nguồn sơ thủy của muôn ngàn; có ngàn cánh tay; bất hoại.

Word by Word

• सहस्रजिह्वम्: having a thousand tongues
• सहस्रजिह्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• साहस्रम्: thousandfold; consisting of a thousand
• साहस्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सहस्रपरमम्: having the thousand as supreme; supremely thousand
• सहस्रपरमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• प्रभुम्: the Lord; master
• प्रभुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सहस्रदम्: giver of a thousand; thousand-giving
• सहस्रदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सहस्रादिम्: having a thousand as beginning; beginning with a thousand
• सहस्रादिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सहस्रभुजम्: having a thousand arms
• सहस्रभुजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अव्ययम्: imperishable
• अव्ययम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator/reciter (context not provided in the input excerpt; verse functions as a laudatory epithet-stanza)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: सहस्रभुजमव्ययम् = सहस्रभुजम् + अव्ययम्

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

Who is the “thousand-tongued, thousand-armed” Lord in this verse?

The epithets describe the all-pervading Supreme Lord, commonly understood in the Padma Purāṇa’s Vaiṣṇava framing as Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa—whose powers and forms are limitless.

What is the theological point of repeating “sahasra” (a thousand) so many times?

The repetition is a poetic device to convey infinity and supremacy: the Lord’s capacities (speech, strength, gifts, originative power, and protection) exceed ordinary measure.

What ethical or devotional lesson does this verse teach?

It directs the mind toward humility and devotion by contemplating divine transcendence and inexhaustible beneficence—encouraging praise (stuti) and reliance on the imperishable Lord.