मुखानि पञ्चोपनिषदस्तवेश यैस्त्रिंशदष्टोत्तरमन्त्रवर्ग: । यत् तच्छिवाख्यं परमात्मतत्त्वं देव स्वयंज्योतिरवस्थितिस्ते ॥ २९ ॥
mukhani pancopanisadas tavesa yais trimsad-astottara-mantra-vargah yat tac chivakhyam paramatma-tattvam deva svayam-jyotir avasthitis te
- mukhani
- faces
- panca
- five
- upanisadah
- Vedic literatures
- tava
- your
- isa
- O lord
- yaih
- by which
- trimsat-asta-uttara-mantra-vargah
- in the category of thirty-eight important Vedic mantras
- yat
- that
- tat
- as it is
- siva-akhyam
- celebrated by the name Siva
- paramatma-tattvam
- which ascertain the truth about Paramatma
- deva
- O lord
- svayam-jyotih
- self-illuminated
- avasthitih
- situation
- te
- of Your Lordship.
O lord, the five important Vedic mantras are represented by your five faces, from which the thirty-eight most celebrated Vedic mantras have been generated. Your Lordship, being celebrated as Lord Siva, is self-illuminated. You are directly situated as the supreme truth, known as Paramatma.