Shloka 41

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

नमः स्थूलाय सूक्ष्माय दृश्यादृश्याय सर्वशः वर्षते ज्वलते चैव वायवे शिशिराय च

Transliteration

namaḥ sthūlāya sūkṣmāya dṛśyādṛśyāya sarvaśaḥ varṣate jvalate caiva vāyave śiśirāya ca

Translation

Salutations to Him who is the gross and the subtle; who is, in every way, both the seen and the unseen. He becomes the rain that pours, the fire that blazes, the wind that moves, and the cooling chill as well.

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutations

• sthūlāya: to the gross/manifest form

• sūkṣmāya: to the subtle/imperceptible form

• dṛśya-adṛśyāya: to the seen and the unseen

• sarvaśaḥ: in every way/altogether

• varṣate: (who) rains down/pours

• jvalate: (who) blazes/shines

• ca eva: and indeed

• vāyave: to/as the wind

• śiśirāya: to/as the coolness/wintry chill

• ca: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Śiva-stuti within the Purva-Bhaga context)