Shloka 65

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

कटकटाय तिग्माय अप्रियाय प्रियाय च विभीषणाय भीष्माय भगप्रमथनाय च

Transliteration

kaṭakaṭāya tigmāya apriyāya priyāya ca vibhīṣaṇāya bhīṣmāya bhagapramathanāya ca

Translation

बंधन को चूर्ण करने वाले, तीक्ष्ण प्रभु को नमस्कार। जो प्रिय-अप्रिय से परे हैं, विभीषण और भीष्म हैं, तथा भग का प्रमथन करने वाले शिव को नमस्कार।

Word by Word

• कटकटाय: to the crushing/gnashing One (who pulverizes obstacles)

• तिग्माय: to the sharp, keen, blazing One

• अप्रियाय: to the One beyond what is deemed unpleasant (not conditioned by aversion)

• प्रियाय: to the One beyond what is deemed pleasant (not conditioned by attachment)

• च: and

• विभीषणाय: to the awe-inspiring One (who causes trembling in evil)

• भीष्माय: to the fearsome/terrible One (who terrifies adharma)

• भगप्रमथनाय: to the crusher of Bhaga (the deity Bhaga / the breaker of fortune-pride and impediments)

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a sacred litany transmitted in the Linga Purana)