Shloka 28
विष्णुरुवाच—एकाक्षर-प्रणव-लिङ्ग-व्याप्ति-शिवस्तोत्रम्
Devanagari script
महात्मने नमस्तुभ्यं प्रज्ञारूपाय वै नमः चितये चितिरूपाय स्मृतिरूपाय वै नमः
Transliteration
mahātmane namastubhyaṃ prajñārūpāya vai namaḥ citaye citirūpāya smṛtirūpāya vai namaḥ
Translation
महात्मा प्रभु को नमस्कार है; जो प्रज्ञा-स्वरूप हैं, उन्हें नमः। चिति-स्वरूप चेतना को नमः, और स्मृति-स्वरूप परमेश्वर को नमः।
Word by Word
mahātmaneto the Great-Souled (Mahātman, Shiva)
mahātmane:
namaḥ/namas te (namastubhyaṃ)salutations to You
namaḥ/namas te (namastubhyaṃ):
prajñā-rūpāyawhose form is prajñā (higher wisdom/discernment)
prajñā-rūpāya:
vaiindeed
vai:
citayeto cit (pure consciousness)
citaye:
citi-rūpāyawhose form is citi (awareness/knowing power)
citi-rūpāya:
smṛti-rūpāyawhose form is smṛti (memory/recollection)
smṛti-rūpāya:
tubhyamto You
tubhyam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a received hymn of praise within the chapter’s stuti context)