Shloka 68

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

ध्यायते जृम्भते चैव रुदते द्रवते नमः वल्गते क्रीडते चैव लम्बोदरशरीरिणे

Transliteration

dhyāyate jṛmbhate caiva rudate dravate namaḥ valgate krīḍate caiva lambodaraśarīriṇe

Translation

垂れたる腹を具えた御身の御方に帰依し奉る—禅定し、あくびし、泣き、慈悲により溶け給う御方に。跳ね、戯れ給う御方に帰依し奉る。かくして、あらゆる境位を遊戯の自在として貫きつつ、なお束縛を超えた主（パティ）として在し給う御主が讃えられる。

Word by Word

• ध्यायते: (to) the one who meditates

• जृम्भते: (to) the one who yawns/expands

• च एव: and indeed

• रुदते: (to) the one who weeps/cries

• द्रवते: (to) the one who melts/flows (with compassion)

• नमः: salutations

• वल्गते: (to) the one who leaps/springs

• क्रीडते: (to) the one who plays/sports

• च एव: and indeed

• लम्बोदर-शरीरिणे: to the one having the body of Lambodara (the pot-bellied Lord, Gaṇeśa).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional stuti within the Purana’s discourse)