Shloka 79

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

पुरेशयो गुहावासी खेचरो रजनीचरः तपोनिधिर्गुहगुरुर् नन्दनो नन्दवर्धनः

Transliteration

pureśayo guhāvāsī khecaro rajanīcaraḥ taponidhirguhagurur nandano nandavardhanaḥ

Translation

He is the indwelling Lord of the city (the body), dwelling in the heart’s secret cave. He moves through the sky of consciousness and also through the night—unseen to ordinary sight. He is a treasury of tapas, the Guru who abides in the inner cave, the Giver of ānanda, and the One who increases ānanda.

Word by Word

• पुरेशयः: Lord who lies/abides in the city (body)

• गुहावासी: dweller in the cave (heart/secret place)

• खेचरः: mover in the sky (space/inner ether of awareness)

• रजनीचरः: mover in the night (unseen, subtle, nocturnal)

• तपोनिधिः: treasury/abode of austerity and spiritual power

• गुहगुरुः: the inner Guru residing in the cave (heart)

• नन्दनः: giver of joy/bliss

• नन्दवर्धनः: increaser of joy/bliss

Speaker

Suta Goswami