Shloka 65

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

कटकटाय तिग्माय अप्रियाय प्रियाय च विभीषणाय भीष्माय भगप्रमथनाय च

Transliteration

kaṭakaṭāya tigmāya apriyāya priyāya ca vibhīṣaṇāya bhīṣmāya bhagapramathanāya ca

Translation

السجود لمن يسحق ويطحن كلَّ قيد؛ للنافذ الحادّ؛ لمن هو فوق اللذّة والأذى معًا؛ للمهيب المُرعِب، للرهيب الشديد؛ ولمن يحطّم بهاگا (Bhaga)، فيقهر كبرياء الآلهة ويُبيد القوى التي تعوق التحرّر.

Word by Word

• कटकटाय: to the crushing/gnashing One (who pulverizes obstacles)

• तिग्माय: to the sharp, keen, blazing One

• अप्रियाय: to the One beyond what is deemed unpleasant (not conditioned by aversion)

• प्रियाय: to the One beyond what is deemed pleasant (not conditioned by attachment)

• च: and

• विभीषणाय: to the awe-inspiring One (who causes trembling in evil)

• भीष्माय: to the fearsome/terrible One (who terrifies adharma)

• भगप्रमथनाय: to the crusher of Bhaga (the deity Bhaga / the breaker of fortune-pride and impediments)

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a sacred litany transmitted in the Linga Purana)