Text 28]
Lord Śiva Saves the Universe
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parāvarātmāśrayaṇam tavātmā somo mano dyaur bhagavan śiras te
nābhiḥ—navel; nabhaḥ—the sky; te—of Your Lordship; śvasanam—breathing; nabhasvān—the air; sūryaḥ ca—and the sun globe; cakṣūṁṣi—your eyes; jalam—the water; sma—indeed; retaḥ— semen; para-avara-ātma-āśrayaṇam—the shelter of all living entities, low and high; tava—your; ātmā—self; somaḥ—the moon; manaḥ— mind; dyauḥ—the higher planetary systems; bhagavan—O Your Lord- ship; śiraḥ—head; te—of you.
TRANSLATION
O lord, the sky is your navel, the air is your breathing, the sun is your eyes, and the water is your semen. You are the shelter of all kinds of living entities, high and low. The god of the moon is your mind, and the upper planetary system is your head.
TEXT 28
कुक्षिः समुद्रा गिरयोऽस्थिसङ्घा रोमाणि सर्वोषधिवीरुधस्ते । छन्दांसि साक्षात् तव सप्त धातव- स्त्रयीमयात्मन् हृदयं सर्वधर्मः ॥२८॥
kukṣiḥ samudrā girayo 'sthi-saṅghā romāṇi sarvauṣadhi-vīrudhas te chandāṁṣi sākṣāt tava sapta dhātavas trayī-mayātman hṛdayaṁ sarva-dharmaḥ
kukṣiḥ—abdomen; samudrāḥ—the oceans; girayaḥ—the mountains; asthi—bones; saṅghāḥ—combination; romāṇi—the hairs of the body; sarva—all; auṣadhi—drugs; vīrudhaḥ—plants and creepers; te—your; chandāṁṣi—Vedic mantras; sākṣāt—directly; tava—your; sapta— seven; dhātavaḥ—layers of the body; trayī-mayā-ātman—O three Vedas personified; hṛdayam—core of the heart; sarva-dharmaḥ—all kinds of religion.