Shloka 84

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

क्रोधाकारः प्रसन्नात्मा कामदः कामगः प्रियः ब्रह्मचारि चागाधश् च ब्रह्मण्यः शिष्टपूजितः

Transliteration

krodhākāraḥ prasannātmā kāmadaḥ kāmagaḥ priyaḥ brahmacāri cāgādhaś ca brahmaṇyaḥ śiṣṭapūjitaḥ

Translation

His form can be wrath itself, yet His inner Self is ever serene; the giver of rightful desires, moving freely as desire’s very power—the Beloved. He is the divine brahmacārin, unfathomable and immeasurable, devoted to the sacred (Brahman and the Brahmanas), and worshipped by the disciplined and the cultured.

Word by Word

• क्रोधाकारः: one whose form is wrath (terrible aspect)

• प्रसन्नात्मा: of tranquil/benign inner nature

• कामदः: giver of desires/boons

• कामगः: moving as desire, going where desire leads (all-pervading as icchā-śakti)

• प्रियः: beloved, dear

• ब्रह्मचारि: celibate, one established in brahmacarya

• च: and

• अगाधः: unfathomable, bottomless

• च: and

• ब्रह्मण्यः: devoted to brahman, protector of Brahmanas and Vedic order

• शिष्टपूजितः: worshipped by the refined/learned/virtuous (śiṣṭas)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva Sahasranama within the Linga Purana discourse)