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Shloka 12

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

नमो रसानां प्रभवे रत्नानां प्रभवे नमः क्षणानां प्रभवे चैव लवानां प्रभवे नमः

namo rasānāṃ prabhave ratnānāṃ prabhave namaḥ kṣaṇānāṃ prabhave caiva lavānāṃ prabhave namaḥ

Hommage au Seigneur, Source de toutes les essences (rasa) ; hommage à la Source de tous les joyaux. Hommage à la Source des instants (kṣaṇa) et, de même, à la Source des moments les plus infimes (lava).

namaḥsalutations
namaḥ:
rasānāmof essences/flavors/juices (rasa-tattva)
rasānām:
prabhaveto the source, origin, manifesting cause
prabhave:
ratnānāmof jewels/precious gems
ratnānām:
kṣaṇānāmof moments (units of time)
kṣaṇānām:
ca evaand indeed/also
ca eva:
lavānāmof instants/very minute divisions of time
lavānām:
namaḥsalutations
namaḥ:

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