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Shloka 45

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

नमस्ते सविशेषाय निर्विशेषाय वै नमः नम ईज्याय पूज्याय उपजीव्याय वै नमः

namaste saviśeṣāya nirviśeṣāya vai namaḥ nama ījyāya pūjyāya upajīvyāya vai namaḥ

Salutations to You who are with attributes, and salutations indeed to You who are beyond attributes. Salutations to You who are to be worshipped in sacrifice, to You who are worthy of adoration, and to You who are the very life-support on whom all beings depend.

namas tesalutations to You
namas te:
saviśeṣāyato the One with distinctions/attributes (saguṇa)
saviśeṣāya:
nirviśeṣāyato the One without distinctions/attributes (nirguṇa)
nirviśeṣāya:
vaiindeed
vai:
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
ījyāyato the One to be worshipped through yajña/rites
ījyāya:
pūjyāyato the One worthy of reverent worship
pūjyāya:
upajīvyāyato the One who is lived upon/sustained by (support of all)
upajīvyāya:
va(i)indeed
va(i):
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:

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