Shloka 57

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

प्रणवप्रणवेशाय भगनेत्रान्तकाय च मृगव्याधाय दक्षाय दक्षयज्ञान्तकाय च

Transliteration

praṇavapraṇaveśāya bhaganetrāntakāya ca mṛgavyādhāya dakṣāya dakṣayajñāntakāya ca

Translation

السجودُ والتسليمُ للربّ الذي هو البرانافا عينُها وسيدُ البرانافا؛ ولمن أنهى عينَ بهاگا؛ وللصيّاد الذي طاردَ الغزالَ الكوني؛ ولدكشا بوصفه الحاكمَ الباطن؛ ولمن أتمَّ ذبيحةَ دكشا وأنهاها.

Word by Word

• प्रणव: Pranava (Oṁ)

• प्रणवेश: Lord of Pranava, master of Oṁ

• -आय: to/unto (dative ending)

• भग: Bhaga (a Āditya, deity at Dakṣa’s rite)

• नेत्र: eye

• अन्तक: ender/destroyer

• च: and

• मृग: deer (also a symbol for the elusive mind/creation)

• व्याध: hunter

• दक्ष: Dakṣa (Prajāpati)

• यज्ञ: sacrifice/ritual

• यज्ञान्तक: ender of the sacrifice (one who terminates the rite).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; the verse functions as a Shiva-stuti within the narration)