वाहनदानमन्त्रम्The mantras for giving the vehicles
Verse 254
वृषभ त्वं महाकायस्तीक्ष्णशृङ्गोऽरिघातकः । पृष्ठे वहसि देवेशं पूज्योऽसि त्रिदशैरपि ॥ २५४ ॥
vṛṣabha tvaṁ mahākāyastīkṣṇaśṛṅgō’righātakaḥ | pṛṣṭhē vahasi dēvēśaṁ pūjyō’si tridaśairapi || 254 ||
Translation
"O bull, you are great of body, sharp of horn, slayer of foes; on your back you carry the lord of gods, and even the gods honour you.
Word by word
- vṛṣabha
- O bull
- tvaṁ
- you
- mahā
- great
- kāyaḥ
- (kāyaḥ) of body
- tīkṣṇa
- sharp
- śṛṅgaḥ
- (śṛṅgaḥ) of horn
- ari
- (ari) of foes
- ghātakaḥ
- (ghātakaḥ) the slayer
- pṛṣṭhē
- on your back
- vahasi
- you carry
- dēvēśaṁ
- the lord of gods
- pūjyaḥ
- (pūjyaḥ) honoured
- asi
- (asi) you are
- tridaśaiḥ
- (tridaśaiḥ) by the gods
- api
- even
Meaning
The prayer to Nandin, Śiva's bull, runs to verse 256.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But what should he pray to the bull? To that he says "vṛṣabha tvam" and the rest.