सदाशिवध्यानम्The meditation on Sadāśiva
Verse 37
परमानन्दसन्दोहोल्लसत्कुटिललोचनम् । हिमकुन्देन्दुसङ्काशं वृषासनविराजितम् ॥ ३७ ॥
paramānandasandōhōllasatkuṭilalōcanam | himakundēndusaṅkāśaṁ vṛṣāsanavirājitam || 37 ||
Translation
whose curved eyes sparkle with a flood of the highest bliss, bright as snow, the jasmine and the moon, resplendent on his seat, the bull,
Word by word
- parama
- highest
- ānanda
- (ānanda) of bliss
- sandōha
- with a flood
- ullasat
- (ullasat) sparkling
- kuṭila
- curved
- lōcanam
- whose eyes
- hima
- snow
- kunda
- the jasmine
- indu
- (indu) the moon
- saṅkāśaṁ
- bright as
- vṛṣa
- the bull
- āsana
- (āsana) on the seat
- virājitam
- resplendent
Meaning
The commentary takes the long compound apart: his eyes are curved, and they sparkle with a mass (sandoha) of supreme joy. It is the look of one absorbed in his own bliss.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Paramānandasandohollasatkuṭilalocanam: him whose eyes, curved, sparkle with a mass of supreme bliss. Sandoha: a mass (verses 37 to 40).