Shloka 53
ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्
Devanagari script
चेकितानाय तुष्टाय नमस्ते निहिताय च नमः क्षान्ताय दान्ताय वज्रसंहननाय च
Transliteration
cekitānāya tuṣṭāya namaste nihitāya ca namaḥ kṣāntāya dāntāya vajrasaṃhananāya ca
Translation
Salutations to You, the vigilant and ever-content; salutations to You, inwardly established and self-contained. Salutations to the forbearing and self-restrained; salutations to You whose frame is firm and unbreakable like a thunderbolt.
Word by Word
cekitānāyato the vigilant/keenly aware One
cekitānāya:
tuṣṭāyato the contented/satisfied One
tuṣṭāya:
namas tesalutations to You
namas te:
nihitāyato the inwardly placed/established (self-abiding) One
nihitāya:
caand
ca:
namaḥsalutations
namaḥ:
kṣāntāyato the patient/forbearing One
kṣāntāya:
dāntāyato the self-controlled/tamed One
dāntāya:
vajra-saṃhananāyato the One with thunderbolt-like compactness/adamantine constitution
vajra-saṃhananāya:
caand
ca:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana discourse)