सदाशिवध्यानम्The meditation on Sadāśiva
Verse 34
धूम्रपीतारुणश्वेतरक्तैः पञ्चभिराननैः । युक्तं त्रिनयनं बिभ्रज्जटाजूटधरं विभुम् ॥ ३४ ॥
dhūmrapītāruṇaśvētaraktaiḥ pañcabhirānanaiḥ | yuktaṁ trinayanaṁ bibhrajjaṭājūṭadharaṁ vibhum || 34 ||
Translation
with five faces, smoke-coloured, yellow, dawn-red, white and red, three-eyed, bearing his mass of matted hair, the all-pervading one,
Word by word
- dhūmra
- smoke-coloured
- pīta
- yellow
- aruṇa
- (aruṇa) dawn-red
- śvēta
- white
- raktaiḥ
- and red
- pañcabhir
- (pañcabhiḥ) five
- ānanaiḥ
- with faces
- yuktaṁ
- joined
- tri
- three
- nayanaṁ
- eyed
- bibhraj
- (bibhrat) holding
- jaṭā
- of matted hair
- jūṭa
- a mass
- dharaṁ
- bearing
- vibhum
- the all-pervading
Meaning
The five faces are those of Sadāśiva, each with its colour. The commentary notes a point of grammar in this and the next verses: "bibhrat" stands for the accusative "bibhratam", the ending being dropped by the rule "supāṁ suluk".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 33.