Shloka 38

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

सर्वतः पाणिपादाय रुद्रायाप्रतिमाय च नमो हव्याय कव्याय हव्यवाहाय वै नमः

Transliteration

sarvataḥ pāṇipādāya rudrāyāpratimāya ca namo havyāya kavyāya havyavāhāya vai namaḥ

Translation

Salutations to Rudra, whose hands and feet are everywhere, and who is without equal. Salutations to Him who receives havya, the oblations to the gods, and kavya, the offerings to the ancestors; salutations to the Bearer of oblations—the inner Fire that conveys the sacrifice.

Word by Word

• सर्वतः: everywhere

• पाणि-पादाय: to the One whose hands and feet (reach) (i.e., whose power acts) (are) everywhere

• रुद्राय: to Rudra

• अप्रतिमाय: to the incomparable/peerless One

• च: and

• नमः: salutation

• हव्याय: to the Receiver of havis (oblations for the devas)

• कव्याय: to the Receiver of kavya (offerings for the pitṛs/manes)

• हव्यवाहाय: to the Carrier of oblations (Agni

• वै: indeed

• नमः: salutation

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional Rudra-stuti within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)