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Shloka 48

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

महासंध्याभ्रवर्णाय चारुदीप्ताय दीक्षिणे नमः कमलहस्ताय दिग्वासाय कपर्दिने

mahāsaṃdhyābhravarṇāya cārudīptāya dīkṣiṇe namaḥ kamalahastāya digvāsāya kapardine

Hommage au Seigneur initié, dont la teinte est comme l’amas de nuées du grand crépuscule, et dont l’éclat est beau et de bon augure. Hommage à Celui dont la main est telle un lotus; à l’ascète vêtu du ciel (Digvāsa); à Celui qui porte la natte enroulée (Kapardin).

mahā-saṃdhyāthe great twilight (cosmic junction of day and night)
mahā-saṃdhyā:
abhra-varṇāyaof cloud-like complexion
abhra-varṇāya:
cāru-dīptāyato the beautifully radiant one
cāru-dīptāya:
dīkṣiṇeto the consecrated/initiated Lord (bestower of dīkṣā)
dīkṣiṇe:
namaḥsalutations
namaḥ:
kamala-hastāyato the lotus-handed one
kamala-hastāya:
dig-vāsāyato the one clothed by the directions (sky-clad renunciate)
dig-vāsāya:
kapardineto the bearer of a kaparda (matted hair-coil/topknot)
kapardine:

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