Shloka 17
अग्नित्रय-पितृवंश-रुद्रसृष्टि-वैराग्योपदेशः
Devanagari script
नमो ऽस्तु ते महादेव प्रजा नार्हसि शंकर मृत्युहीना विभो स्रष्टुं मृत्युयुक्ताः सृज प्रभो
Transliteration
namo 'stu te mahādeva prajā nārhasi śaṃkara mṛtyuhīnā vibho sraṣṭuṃ mṛtyuyuktāḥ sṛja prabho
Translation
आपको नमस्कार, महादेव। हे शंकर, आप मृत्युहीन प्रजाओं की सृष्टि न करें। हे सर्वव्यापी प्रभु, हे स्वामी—मृत्युयुक्त प्रजाओं की रचना कीजिए।
Word by Word
namo 'stu tesalutations be to You
namo 'stu te:
mahādevaO Great God (Śiva)
mahādeva:
prajāḥcreatures, progeny
prajāḥ:
na arhasiit is not fitting (for You)
na arhasi:
śaṅkaraO Beneficent One
śaṅkara:
mṛtyu-hīnāḥwithout death, deathless
mṛtyu-hīnāḥ:
vibhoO omnipresent/almighty One
vibho:
sraṣṭumto create
sraṣṭum:
mṛtyu-yuktāḥendowed with death, subject to death
mṛtyu-yuktāḥ:
sṛjacreate, emit
sṛja:
prabhoO Lord
prabho:
Speaker
Brahma (addressing Shiva during the ordering of creation)