Shloka 47
ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्
Devanagari script
नमो वै पद्मवर्णाय मृत्युघ्नाय च मृत्यवे नमो गौराय श्यामाय कद्रवे लोहिताय च
Transliteration
namo vai padmavarṇāya mṛtyughnāya ca mṛtyave namo gaurāya śyāmāya kadrave lohitāya ca
Translation
蓮華の色を帯びる御方に帰依し奉る。死を滅する御方に—また死そのものなる御方に帰依し奉る。白き御方、黒き御方に帰依し奉る。黄褐の御方、紅き御方に帰依し奉る。
Word by Word
namosalutations
namo:
vaiindeed/verily
vai:
padma-varṇāyato the lotus-hued/lotus-colored One
padma-varṇāya:
mṛtyu-ghnāyato the slayer of death
mṛtyu-ghnāya:
caand
ca:
mṛtyaveto Death (as the cosmic power of dissolution)
mṛtyave:
gaurāyato the fair/bright One
gaurāya:
śyāmāyato the dark/blue-black One
śyāmāya:
kadraveto the tawny-brown One
kadrave:
lohitāyato the red-hued One
lohitāya:
caand
ca:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn of praise within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva stuti tradition)