Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.266
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13.266.1
युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो महाभाग्यं महात्मनः ।
रुद्राय बहुरूपाय बहुनाम्ने निबोध मे ॥ १३.२६६.१ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, mighty-armed one, hear from me of the great good fortune of the great-souled one, of Rudra, the many-formed, the many-named.
13.266.2
वदन्त्युग्रं महादेवं तथा स्थाणुं महेश्वरम् ।
एकाक्षं त्र्यम्बकं चैव विश्वरूपं शिवं तथा ॥ १३.२६६.२ ॥
They call him Ugra, Mahādeva, Sthāṇu, Maheśvara, the one-eyed, the three-eyed, the all-formed, and Śiva.
13.266.3
द्वे तनू तस्य देवस्य वेदज्ञा ब्राह्मणा विदुः ।
घोरामन्यां शिवामन्यां ते तनू बहुधा पुनः ॥ १३.२६६.३ ॥
The Brahmins who know the Vedas know that the god has two bodies: one terrible, the other auspicious; and these two bodies are further divided in many ways.
13.266.4
उग्रा घोरा तनुर्याऽस्य सोऽग्निर्विद्युत्स भास्करः ।
शिवा सौम्या च या त्वस्य धर्मस्त्वापोथ चन्द्रमाः ॥ १३.२६६.४ ॥
That fierce and terrible body of his is fire, lightning, and that sun; and his auspicious and gentle body is Dharma, the waters, and the moon.
13.266.5
आत्मनोऽर्धं तु तस्याग्निः सोमोऽर्धं पुनरुच्यते ।
ब्रह्मचर्यं चरत्येका शिवा चास्य तनुस्तथा ॥ १३.२६६.५ ॥
Half of him is his own self, and the other half is said to be Agni and Soma; one body practises celibate discipline, and his auspicious body likewise.
13.266.6
याऽस्य घोरतमा मूर्तिर्जगत्संहरते तथा ।
ईश्वरत्वान्महत्त्वाच्च महेश्वर इति स्मृतः ॥ १३.२६६.६ ॥
His most terrible form in the same way destroys the world; and from lordship and greatness he is remembered as Maheśvara.
13.266.7
यन्निर्दहति यत्तीक्ष्णो यदुग्रो यत्प्रतापवान् ।
मांसशोणितमज्जादो यत्ततो रुद्र उच्यते ॥ १३.२६६.७ ॥
He who burns, who is fierce, terrible and mighty, who devours flesh, blood and marrow, therefore he is called Rudra.
13.266.8
देवानां सुमहान्यच्च यच्चास्य विषयो महान् ।
यच्च विश्वं जगत्पाति महादेवस्ततः स्मृतः ॥ १३.२६६.८ ॥
He who is greatest among the gods, whose domain is vast, and who protects the whole universe and the world: therefore he is remembered as Mahādeva.
13.266.9
धूम्ररूपा जटा यस्माद्धूर्जटीत्यत उच्यते ॥ १३.२६६.९ ॥
Because his matted locks are the colour of smoke, therefore he is called Dhūrjaṭi.
13.266.10
स मेधयति यन्नित्यं सर्वान्वै सर्वकर्मभिः ।
शिवमिच्छन्मनुष्याणां तस्मादेष शिवः स्मृतः ॥ १३.२६६.१० ॥
He who always purifies all beings through all their deeds, desiring the welfare of humankind: therefore he is remembered as Śiva.
13.266.11
दहत्यूध्वं स्थितो यच्च प्राणान्नॄणां स्थिरश्च यत् ।
स्थिरलिङ्गश्च यन्नित्यं तस्मात्स्थाणुरिति स्मृतः ॥ १३.२६६.११ ॥
He who stands aloft and burns the breaths of men, who is steadfast and whose linga is ever firm: therefore he is remembered as Sthāṇu.
13.266.12
यदस्य बहुधा रूपं भूतं भव्यं भवत्तथा ।
स्थावरं जङ्गमं चैव बहुरूपस्ततः स्मृतः ॥ १३.२६६.१२ ॥
His form is manifold: what has been, what will be, what is, the immobile and the mobile are all his. Therefore he is remembered as Bahurūpa, the many-formed.
13.266.13
विश्वेदेवाश्च यत्तस्मिन्विश्वरूपस्ततः स्मृतः ।
सहस्राक्षोऽयुताक्षो वा सर्वतोक्षिमयोपि वा।
चक्षुषः प्रभवं तेजः सर्वतश्चक्षुरेव तत् ॥ १३.२६६.१३ ॥
The Viśvedevas also dwell in him, therefore he is remembered as the all-form. He is thousand-eyed, ten-thousand-eyed, or full of eyes on every side. The source of the eye is radiance; it is eye everywhere.
13.266.14
सर्वथा यत्पशून्पाति तैश्च यद्रमते सह ।
तेषामधिपतिर्यच्च तस्मात्पशुपतिः स्मृतः ॥ १३.२६६.१४ ॥
He who in every way protects the creatures, who delights together with them, who is their lord, therefore he is remembered as Paśupati, lord of beings.
13.266.15
नित्येन ब्रह्मचर्येण लिङ्गमस्य यदा स्थितम् ।
भक्तानुग्रहणार्थाय गूढलिङ्गस्ततः स्मृतः।
महयत्यस्य लोकश्च प्रियं ह्येतन्महात्मनः ॥ १३.२६६.१५ ॥
When his linga stood established through eternal celibate discipline, he is remembered as the Hidden-Linga, for the sake of showing grace to devotees. The world honours him; this is dear to the great soul.
13.266.16
विग्रहं पूजयेद्यो वै लिङ्गं वाऽपि महात्मनः ।
लिङ्गं पूजयिता नित्यं महतीं श्रियमश्नुते ॥ १३.२६६.१६ ॥
He who worships the image or the linga of the great soul, he who constantly worships the linga, attains great prosperity.
13.266.17
ऋषयश्चापि देवाश्च गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा ।
लिङ्गमेवार्चयन्ति स्म यत्तदूर्ध्वं समास्थितम्। ॥ १३.२६६.१७ ॥
Sages and gods, and also Gandharvas and Apsarases, worshipped that linga which stands raised upward.
13.266.18
पूज्यमाने ततस्तस्मिन्मोदते स महेश्वरः ।
सुखं ददाति प्रीतात्मा भक्तानां भक्तवत्सलः ॥ १३.२६६.१८ ॥
Then, when he is worshipped, that great lord rejoices. With a pleased heart he bestows happiness on his devotees; he is tender toward devotees.
13.266.19
एष एव श्मशानेषु देवो वसति निर्दहन् ।
यजन्ते ये जनास्तत्र वीरस्थाननिषेविणः ॥ १३.२६६.१९ ॥
Indeed, this god dwells in the cremation grounds, burning. There, the people who frequent the places of heroes worship him.
13.266.20
विषमस्थः शरीरेषु स मृत्युः प्राणिनामिह ।
स च वायुः शरीरेषु प्राणपालः शरीरिणाम् ॥ १३.२६६.२० ॥
Death, situated unevenly in the bodies of living beings, is here; and that same wind in bodies is the guardian of the breath of embodied beings.
13.266.21
तस्य घोराणि रूपाणि दीप्तानि च बहुनि च ।
लोके यान्यस्य पूज्यन्ते विप्रास्तानि विदुर्बुधाः ॥ १३.२६६.२१ ॥
His forms are terrible and blazing, and many; the forms of his that are worshipped in the world, the brahmins and the wise know.
13.266.22
नामधेयानि देवेषु बहून्यस्य यथार्थवत् ।
निरुच्यन्ते महत्त्वाच्च विभुत्वात्कर्मभिस्तथा ॥ १३.२६६.२२ ॥
Among the gods, his many names are rightly explained, because of his greatness, because of his all-pervading power, and likewise by his deeds.
13.266.23
वेदे चास्य विदुर्विप्राः शतरुद्रीयमुत्तमम् ।
व्यासेनोक्तं च यच्चापि उपस्थानं महात्मनः ॥ १३.२६६.२३ ॥
In the Veda the brahmins know of him the supreme Śatarudrīya, what Vyāsa declared, and also the praise-hymn of that great-souled one.
13.266.24
प्रदाता सर्वलोकानां विश्वसाक्षी निरामयः ।
ज्येष्ठभूतं वदन्त्येनं ब्राह्मणा ऋषयोऽपरे ॥ १३.२६६.२४ ॥
The giver to all worlds, witness of the universe, free from disease — him the brahmins and other sages call the eldest being.
13.266.25
प्रथमो ह्येष देवानां मुखादग्निमजीजनत् ।
ग्रहैर्बहुविधैः प्राणान्संरुद्धानुत्सृजत्यपि ॥ १३.२६६.२५ ॥
This one is first among the gods: from his mouth he brought forth fire. He also releases the breaths of life that are held back by the many kinds of seizing planets.
13.266.26
विमोक्षयति तुष्टात्मा शरण्यः शरणागतान् ।
आयुरारोग्यमैश्वर्यं हितं कामांश्च पुष्कलान् ॥ १३.२६६.२६ ॥
That refuge, whose self is pleased, frees those who have come seeking refuge; he bestows long life, health, prosperity, welfare and abundant desires.
13.266.27
स ददाति मनुष्येभ्यः स एवाक्षिपते पुनः ।
शक्रादिषु च देवेषु तस्य चैश्वर्यमुच्यते ॥ १३.२६६.२७ ॥
He gives to men, and he himself takes it away again; among Indra and the other gods, his lordship is spoken of.
13.266.28
स एव स्थापको नित्यं त्रैलोक्यस्य शुभाशुभे ।
ऐश्वर्याच्चैव कामानामीश्वरः पुनरुच्यते ॥ १३.२६६.२८ ॥
He alone is ever the establisher of good and evil in the three worlds; and by his lordship he is again called the lord of desires.
13.266.29
महेश्वरश्च लोकानां महातामीश्वरश्च सः ।
बहुभिर्विविधै रूपैर्विश्वं व्याप्तमिदं जगत्।
तस्य देवस्य यद्वक्त्रं समुद्रे वडंवामुखण् ॥ १३.२६६.२९ ॥
He is the great lord of the worlds and the lord even of the mighty. This universe and this world are pervaded by his many and various forms. The face of that god, which in the ocean is the mare's mouth…