Shloka 78
ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्
Devanagari script
अक्षरान्तरनिष्पन्दाद् गुणानेतान्विदुर्बुधाः जपो जप्यो महादेवो महायोगोमहेश्वरः
Transliteration
akṣarāntaraniṣpandād guṇānetānvidurbudhāḥ japo japyo mahādevo mahāyogomaheśvaraḥ
Translation
Dari getaran halus yang tak terputus di antara suku kata, para bijak mengenali sifat‑sifat ini: Mahādeva adalah japa itu sendiri dan juga Yang dijapa; Dia Mahēśvara, dan Dia pula Mahāyoga.
Word by Word
akṣarasyllable/imperishable sound-unit
akṣara:
antarainterval/between
antara:
niṣpandasubtle vibration/pulsation
niṣpanda:
-ātfrom/because of
-āt:
guṇānqualities/attributes
guṇān:
etānthese
etān:
viduḥknow/discern
viduḥ:
budhāḥthe wise
budhāḥ:
japaḥrepetition (mantra-japa)
japaḥ:
japyaḥto be repeated/that which is to be recited
japyaḥ:
mahādevaḥMahadeva (Great God, Pati)
mahādevaḥ:
mahāyogaḥthe Great Yoga/supreme yogic reality
mahāyogaḥ:
maheśvaraḥthe Supreme Lord (Īśvara, Pati).
maheśvaraḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching on japa within the Linga Purana discourse)