Shloka 54

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

रक्षोघ्नाय विषघ्नाय शितिकण्ठोर्ध्वमन्यवे

Transliteration

rakṣoghnāya viṣaghnāya śitikaṇṭhordhvamanyave

Translation

سلامٌ لكَ، يا قاتلَ الرّاكشَسَة؛ سلامٌ لكَ، يا مُبيدَ السُّموم—يا ربَّ الحلقِ الأزرق، يا من يعلو غضبُه على الأدهرما (اللاّحق).

Word by Word

• रक्षोघ्नाय: to the slayer of demons (rakṣasas)

• विषघ्नाय: to the destroyer/remover of poison

• शितिकण्ठ: the Blue-throated One (Śiva, marked by the halāhala poison)

• ऊर्ध्वमन्यवे: to Him of upraised wrath/lofty indignation (that subdues evil)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s names to the sages of Naimisharanya)