Shloka 4
ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्
Devanagari script
नमो ज्येष्ठाय श्रेष्ठाय पूर्वाय प्रथमाय च नमो मान्याय पूज्याय सद्योजाताय वै नमः
Transliteration
namo jyeṣṭhāya śreṣṭhāya pūrvāya prathamāya ca namo mānyāya pūjyāya sadyojātāya vai namaḥ
Translation
Salutations to the Eldest—yet ever the Supreme; to the Primordial One, the First of all. Salutations to the Honoured and Worship-worthy Lord—verily, obeisance to Sadyojāta, the immediate Self-manifestation of Pati (Śiva).
Word by Word
नमः (namaḥ)salutation/obeisance
नमः (namaḥ):
ज्येष्ठाय (jyeṣṭhāya)to the eldest/most ancient
ज्येष्ठाय (jyeṣṭhāya):
श्रेष्ठाय (śreṣṭhāya)to the best/supreme
श्रेष्ठाय (śreṣṭhāya):
पूर्वाय (pūrvāya)to the prior/primordial
पूर्वाय (pūrvāya):
प्रथमाय (prathamāya)to the first
प्रथमाय (prathamāya):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
मान्याय (mānyāya)to the revered/honoured
मान्याय (mānyāya):
पूज्याय (pūjyāya)to the worship-worthy
पूज्याय (pūjyāya):
सद्योजाताय (sadyojātāya)to Sadyojāta (the ‘immediately-born’ aspect of Śiva)
सद्योजाताय (sadyojātāya):
वै (vai)indeed/verily
वै (vai):
नमः (namaḥ)salutation
नमः (namaḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana discourse)