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Shloka 67

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

नर्दते कूर्दते चैव नमः प्रमुदितात्मने नमो मृडाय श्वसते धावते ऽधिष्ठिते नमः

nardate kūrdate caiva namaḥ pramuditātmane namo mṛḍāya śvasate dhāvate 'dhiṣṭhite namaḥ

Homage to Him who roars and who sports in manifold ways—homage to the One whose very Self is bliss. Homage to Mṛḍa, the gracious Lord: to Him who breathes, who runs forth as the dynamic power within all, and to Him who presides—homage again and again.

नर्दतेto the One who roars
नर्दते:
कूर्दतेto the One who plays/sports (moves about freely)
कूर्दते:
च एवand indeed
च एव:
नमःsalutation
नमः:
प्रमुदित-आत्मनेto Him whose Self is delighted/blissful
प्रमुदित-आत्मने:
नमोhomage
नमो:
मृडायto Mṛḍa (the benevolent Shiva)
मृडाय:
श्वसतेto Him who breathes (life-wind within beings)
श्वसते:
धावतेto Him who runs/impels (the moving force)
धावते:
अधिष्ठितेto Him who presides/oversees (inner ruler)
अधिष्ठिते:
नमःsalutation
नमः:

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shaiva stuti within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)