Shloka 89

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

शिवो नो भव सर्वत्र यो ऽसि सो ऽसि नमो ऽस्तु ते सूत उवाच य इदं कीर्तयेद्भक्त्या ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवम्

Transliteration

śivo no bhava sarvatra yo 'si so 'si namo 'stu te sūta uvāca ya idaṃ kīrtayedbhaktyā brahmanārāyaṇastavam

Translation

Be auspicious to us everywhere, O Śiva. Whatever You truly are—so You are; salutations to You. Sūta said: Whoever, with bhakti, recites this hymn in praise of Brahmā and Nārāyaṇa gains the grace by which the paśu (bound soul) is led toward the Pati (Lord), as the pāśa (bondage) is loosened.

Word by Word

• śivaḥ: auspicious one / Śiva

• naḥ: to us

• bhava: become / be

• sarvatra: everywhere

• yaḥ asi: who you are

• saḥ asi: that you are

• namaḥ astu te: salutations be to you

• sūta uvāca: Sūta said

• yaḥ: whoever

• idam: this

• kīrtayet: should recite / chant

• bhaktyā: with devotion

• brahma-nārāyaṇa-stavam: hymn of praise concerning Brahmā and Nārāyaṇa

Speaker

Suta (narrator; with the preceding hemistich functioning as a concluding salutation within the stava)