Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram · Śloka 65

Name 491

महादेवः

mahādevah

gabhastinemih sattvasthah simho bhūtamaheshvarah | ādidevo mahādevo devesho devabhridguruh || 65 ||

Śaṅkara

Meaning

सर्वान्भावान्परित्यज्य आत्मज्ञानयोगैश्वर्ये महति महीयते, तस्मादुच्यते महादेवः ।

sarvānbhāvānparityajya ātmajñānayogaiśvarye mahati mahīyate, tasmāducyate mahādevaḥ |

Read it in place, with the English