पौरुषेणैव यत्नेन ललनावलिताकृतिः । शरीरी कश्चिदेवेह गतश्चन्द्रार्धचूडताम् ॥ १६ ॥
pauruṣēṇaiva yatnēna lalanāvalitākṛtiḥ | śarīrī kaścidēvēha gataścandrārdhacūḍatām || 16 ||
Translation
By effort alone, by striving, a certain embodied one here, his form embraced by his beloved, came to wear the half-moon on his head.
Word by word
- pauruṣēṇa
- by effort
- ēva
- alone; indeed
- yatnēna
- by striving
- lalanā
- by his beloved
- valita
- embraced
- ākṛtiḥ
- his form
- śarīrī
- embodied one
- kaścid
- (kaścit) a certain
- iha
- here
- gataś
- (gataḥ) came
- candra
- moon
- ardha
- half
- cūḍatām
- to wear on his head
Meaning
Śiva too. A certain embodied being, "his form embraced by his beloved" (lalanā-valita-ākṛti), Śiva as Ardhanārīśvara, half of whose body is his consort, became the one crowned with the crescent moon. The commentary: by his own effort some embodied being became Ardhanārīśvara and attained the state of Candraśekhara. With Indra, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, the list covers the whole pantheon. Nothing above the seeker is out of reach of effort.