Shloka 19
ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्
Devanagari script
वाग्वृषाय नमस्तुभ्यं पुराणवृषभाय च नमः पशूनां पतये गोवृषेन्द्रध्वजाय च
Transliteration
vāgvṛṣāya namastubhyaṃ purāṇavṛṣabhāya ca namaḥ paśūnāṃ pataye govṛṣendradhvajāya ca
Translation
Salutación a Ti, oh Toro de la Palabra sagrada; salutación a Ti, el Toro primordial. Salutación al Pati de los paśus (almas atadas), a Aquel cuyo estandarte lleva al soberano toro.
Word by Word
vākspeech, sacred utterance (Veda/mantra)
vāk:
vṛṣāyato the Bull, the mighty one (a title of Shiva)
vṛṣāya:
namaḥ/namassalutation
namaḥ/namas:
tubhyamto You
tubhyam:
purāṇaprimordial, ancient
purāṇa:
vṛṣabhāyato the Bull (Nandi/virility of dharma)
vṛṣabhāya:
caand
ca:
paśūnāmof the paśus (individual souls under bondage)
paśūnām:
patayeto the Lord/Master (Pati)
pataye:
gobull/cow
go:
vṛṣendraking of bulls, best of bulls
vṛṣendra:
dhvajāyato Him whose emblem/banner is (so)
dhvajāya:
go-vṛṣendra-dhvajāyato Shiva whose banner bears the bull-emblem.
go-vṛṣendra-dhvajāya:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a stuti within the Linga Purana’s praise of Shiva)