Shloka 38

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

सर्वतः पाणिपादाय रुद्रायाप्रतिमाय च नमो हव्याय कव्याय हव्यवाहाय वै नमः

Transliteration

sarvataḥ pāṇipādāya rudrāyāpratimāya ca namo havyāya kavyāya havyavāhāya vai namaḥ

Translation

Hommage à Rudra, dont les mains et les pieds sont partout, et qui n’a point d’égal. Hommage à Celui qui reçoit le havya—l’oblation aux dieux, et le kavya—l’offrande aux ancêtres; hommage au Porteur des oblations, le Feu intérieur qui transmet le sacrifice.

Word by Word

• सर्वतः: everywhere

• पाणि-पादाय: to the One whose hands and feet (reach) (i.e., whose power acts) (are) everywhere

• रुद्राय: to Rudra

• अप्रतिमाय: to the incomparable/peerless One

• च: and

• नमः: salutation

• हव्याय: to the Receiver of havis (oblations for the devas)

• कव्याय: to the Receiver of kavya (offerings for the pitṛs/manes)

• हव्यवाहाय: to the Carrier of oblations (Agni

• वै: indeed

• नमः: salutation

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional Rudra-stuti within the Purva-Bhaga discourse)