Shloka 55

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

लेलिहाय कृतान्ताय तिग्मायुधधराय च

Transliteration

lelihāya kṛtāntāya tigmāyudhadharāya ca

Translation

Salutations to Him who, at dissolution, laps up all beings; salutations to Him who is Time/Death itself; and salutations to the bearer of the sharp, blazing weapon.

Word by Word

• लेलिहाय: to the lapping/devouring One

• कृतान्ताय: to Kṛtānta, the Finisher (Death/Time)

• तिग्म: sharp, keen, blazing

• आयुध: weapon

• धराय: to the bearer/holder

• च: and

Speaker

Suta (narrating a hymn/stotra within the Purva-Bhaga tradition)