Shloka 150

वासिष्ठकथनम् (आदित्य–सोमवंशवर्णनम् तथा रुद्रसहस्रनाम-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

ऋषभो वृषभो भङ्गो मणिबिम्बजटाधरः इन्दुर्विसर्गः सुमुखः शूरः सर्वायुधः सहः

Transliteration

ṛṣabho vṛṣabho bhaṅgo maṇibimbajaṭādharaḥ indurvisargaḥ sumukhaḥ śūraḥ sarvāyudhaḥ sahaḥ

Translation

祂是Ṛṣabha，圣牛；是Vṛṣabha，正直而雄健者；是Bhaṅga，解散系缚与形相者。祂持宝珠般辉耀的结发；祂是月轮，亦是Visarga——神圣的流出。祂面容端美，英勇无畏，具一切兵器，且为能忍者——承载万有者。

Word by Word

• ऋषभः: the excellent one / bull-like Lord

• वृषभः: the bull, dharma-incarnate, strength and righteousness

• भङ्गः: breaker, dissolver (of bondage/obstacles)

• मणिबिम्बजटाधरः: bearer of matted locks shining like jewel-orbs

• इन्दुः: the moon

• विसर्गः: emission, sacred outflow, release (also dissolution/letting-go)

• सुमुखः: beautiful-faced, auspicious-countenanced

• शूरः: heroic, valiant

• सर्वायुधः: possessing all weapons/powers

• सहः: enduring, patient, capable of bearing (all).

Speaker

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