Shloka 72

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

नमो गुण्याय गुह्याय अगम्यगमनाय च लोकधात्री त्वियं भूमिः पादौ सज्जनसेवितौ

Transliteration

namo guṇyāya guhyāya agamyagamanāya ca lokadhātrī tviyaṃ bhūmiḥ pādau sajjanasevitau

Translation

Salutations to You, abode of all auspicious qualities, the Hidden Lord, and the very path to what is otherwise unreachable. This Earth, bearer of the worlds, is truly Your footstool—Your feet are ever served by the noble.

Word by Word

• namo: salutations

• guṇyāya: to the virtuous/quality-possessing One

• guhyāya: to the hidden/secret One

• agamya-gamanāya: to the One who is the means of reaching the unreachable (the transcendent)

• ca: and

• lokadhātrī: the sustainer/bearer of the worlds

• tv: indeed

• iyaṃ: this

• bhūmiḥ: earth

• pādau: (Your) two feet

• sajjana-sevitau: served/attended by the good and righteous

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn of praise within the Purva-Bhaga context)