Shloka 57

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

प्रणवप्रणवेशाय भगनेत्रान्तकाय च मृगव्याधाय दक्षाय दक्षयज्ञान्तकाय च

Transliteration

praṇavapraṇaveśāya bhaganetrāntakāya ca mṛgavyādhāya dakṣāya dakṣayajñāntakāya ca

Translation

Salam bhakti kepada Śiva, wujud Pranava dan Penguasa Pranava. Hormat kepada Dia yang mengakhiri mata Bhaga. Hormat kepada Sang Pemburu yang mengejar Rusa kosmis. Hormat kepada Penguasa batin Dakṣa. Hormat kepada Dia yang menutup akhir yajña Dakṣa.

Word by Word

• प्रणव: Pranava (Oṁ)

• प्रणवेश: Lord of Pranava, master of Oṁ

• -आय: to/unto (dative ending)

• भग: Bhaga (a Āditya, deity at Dakṣa’s rite)

• नेत्र: eye

• अन्तक: ender/destroyer

• च: and

• मृग: deer (also a symbol for the elusive mind/creation)

• व्याध: hunter

• दक्ष: Dakṣa (Prajāpati)

• यज्ञ: sacrifice/ritual

• यज्ञान्तक: ender of the sacrifice (one who terminates the rite).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; the verse functions as a Shiva-stuti within the narration)