Shloka 68

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

ध्यायते जृम्भते चैव रुदते द्रवते नमः वल्गते क्रीडते चैव लम्बोदरशरीरिणे

Transliteration

dhyāyate jṛmbhate caiva rudate dravate namaḥ valgate krīḍate caiva lambodaraśarīriṇe

Translation

Salutations to the One embodied with a pendulous belly—who meditates, who yawns, who weeps, who melts in compassion; who leaps about and who plays. Thus is praised the Lord whose sportive freedom moves through all states, yet who remains the Pati beyond bondage.

Word by Word

• ध्यायते: (to) the one who meditates

• जृम्भते: (to) the one who yawns/expands

• च एव: and indeed

• रुदते: (to) the one who weeps/cries

• द्रवते: (to) the one who melts/flows (with compassion)

• नमः: salutations

• वल्गते: (to) the one who leaps/springs

• क्रीडते: (to) the one who plays/sports

• च एव: and indeed

• लम्बोदर-शरीरिणे: to the one having the body of Lambodara (the pot-bellied Lord, Gaṇeśa).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional stuti within the Purana’s discourse)