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

বন্ধন চূৰ্ণ কৰা, তীক্ষ্ণ প্ৰভুলৈ নমস্কাৰ। প্ৰিয়-অপ্ৰিয়ৰ অতীত, বিভীষণ আৰু ভীষ্ম, আৰু ভগক প্ৰমথন কৰা শিৱলৈ নমস্কাৰ।

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)