Shloka 32

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

नमो ऽस्त्विष्टाय पूर्ताय अग्निष्टोमद्विजाय च सदस्याय नमश्चैव दक्षिणावभृथाय च

Transliteration

namo 'stviṣṭāya pūrtāya agniṣṭomadvijāya ca sadasyāya namaścaiva dakṣiṇāvabhṛthāya ca

Translation

Salutations to the Lord who is the very embodiment of iṣṭa (the sacrificial rite) and pūrta (pious works). Salutations to Him who is the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice and also the dvija, the twice-born officiant of that rite. Salutations indeed to Him who presides as a member of the ritual assembly, and to Him who is the Dakṣiṇā (sacred gift) and the concluding avabhṛtha bath.

Word by Word

• नमः अस्तु: salutations be

• इष्टाय: to the iṣṭa—Vedic sacrifice/ritual offering

• पूर्ताय: to the pūrta—meritorious public works and charity

• अग्निष्टोम: the Agniṣṭoma Soma-sacrifice

• द्विजाय: to the twice-born/ritual priest

• च: and

• सदस्याय: to the sadasya—member/overseer of the sacrificial session

• नमः: salutations

• च एव: and indeed

• दक्षिणा: sacrificial fee/gift to priests

• अवभृथाय: to the avabhṛtha—final purificatory bath concluding the Soma rite

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami