om kara vakyam - meaning needed

[rasikapriya21]

namaste,

could someone kindly provide the correct meaning of this sloka ?

OmkAra vAkyam uraga pungava bhUshitAngam vyAGhrAjinAmbara dharam jatinam trinEtram
pAshAnkusha dharam aBhayakarapradam shUlapANim kailAshaBhUdharapatim praNatOsmi nityam

MANY THANKS

rasikapriya

[rshankar]

Rasikapriya,

Here goes: Corrections welcome.

A minor correction - it is not jatinam, but jaTinam.

I bow/pray to (praNatOsmi) the lord and master (patim) of kailAsa and the rest of this world (bhU dharA) daily (nityam)! His speech (vAkyam) is the essence of vEdAs/praNava (OmkAra), and his limbs (anga) are decorated (bhUSita) by the most eminent (pungava)[1] of snakes (uraga). He wears (dharam) the skin of a tiger (vyAghra) that he vanquished (jina), and has masses of matted locks (jaTinam) on his head, and three eyes (trinEtram)! He wields (dharam) a noose (pASa) and a hook (ankuSa)[2], and holds out/offers (pradam) his hands (kara) in the symbol of fearlessness (abhaya). He is the one with a spear (SUla) in his hands (pANim).

[1] I think this could also mean 'hissing'
[2] This is a hook typically used by the mahouts on elephants.

[Rajani]

Ravi - some minor additions
bhUdhara means mountain (since they are believed to hold the earth stable, like pillars)
vyAghra-ajina means tiger-skin
pungava actually means a bull. It generally means "the best of", as in "muni-pungava" etc

[rshankar]

Thanks Rajani!

'best of' = eminent - that was the context I was aware of.

[rasikapriya21]

Ravi,

I am sorry I did not read the post before.. just wanted to THANK YOU
Eventhough I was familiar with many of the sanskrit words, I wasn't sure about the running meaning/sentence structure. I am glad I asked, and I am truly grateful for the help you provided

rasikapriya

[vrganti]

I want to know the meaning of the word PASHANKUSHA

[vgvindan]

vrganti,
please see post #2 above (pASa + ankuSa = pASAnkuSa)