Shloka 8

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

ऋक्षाणां प्रभवे तुभ्यं ग्रहाणां प्रभवे नमः वैद्युताशनिमेघानां गर्जितप्रभवे नमः

Transliteration

ṛkṣāṇāṃ prabhave tubhyaṃ grahāṇāṃ prabhave namaḥ vaidyutāśanimeghānāṃ garjitaprabhave namaḥ

Translation

Salutations to You, the Source of the constellations and the Origin of the planets. Salutations to You, the Source of lightning, thunderbolts, and rain-clouds, and the very Cause behind their roaring thunder.

Word by Word

• ऋक्षाणाम्: of the constellations (nakṣatras)

• प्रभवे: to the source/origin

• तुभ्यम्: to You

• ग्रहाणाम्: of the planets (grahas)

• नमः: salutations

• वैद्युत: of lightning

• अशनि: thunderbolt

• मेघानाम्: of the clouds

• गर्जित: roaring/thunder

• प्रभवे: to the originating cause

• नमः: salutations

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional Shiva-stuti within the Purva-Bhaga context)