सदाशिवध्यानम्The meditation on Sadāśiva
Verse 33
व्याघ्रचर्मपरीधानं नागयज्ञोपवीतिनम् । विभूतिलिप्तसर्वाङ्गं नागालङ्कारभूषितम् ॥ ३३ ॥
vyāghracarmaparīdhānaṁ nāgayajñōpavītinam | vibhūtiliptasarvāṅgaṁ nāgālaṅkārabhūṣitam || 33 ||
Translation
clothed in a tiger skin, with a serpent for his sacred thread, his whole body smeared with ash, adorned with ornaments of serpents,
Word by word
- vyāghra
- of a tiger
- carma
- skin
- parīdhānaṁ
- clothed in
- nāga
- serpent
- yajñōpavītinam
- with a sacred thread
- vibhūti
- with ash
- lipta
- smeared
- sarva
- whole
- aṅgaṁ
- (aṅgam) his body
- alaṅkāra
- (alaṅkāra) ornaments
- bhūṣitam
- adorned
Meaning
The familiar outward signs of Śiva: the ascetic's garment and ash, with snakes where another would wear gold. Each detail is an object for the mind to rest on in turn as the form is built up.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Bibhrat stands for bibhratam: by the rule "supāṁ suluk" the accusative ending am is dropped (verses 33 to 35).