Shloka 20
Adhyaya 73 — त्रिपुरदाहे ब्रह्मस्तवः
Brahmā’s Hymn in the Context of Tripura’s Burning
Devanagari script
पशवो नैव जायन्ते वर्षमात्रेण देवताः अस्माभिः सर्वकार्याणां देवमभ्यर्च्य यत्नतः
Transliteration
paśavo naiva jāyante varṣamātreṇa devatāḥ asmābhiḥ sarvakāryāṇāṃ devamabhyarcya yatnataḥ
Translation
神々よ、衆生（パシュ）は、ただ一年が過ぎたからといって現れるのではない。ゆえに、あらゆる事業の成就のため、我らは主（パティ）を怠りなく礼拝し、すべての行為の第一の帰依処とすべきである。
Word by Word
पशवः (paśavaḥ)bound beings, souls under limitation
पशवः (paśavaḥ):
नैव (naiva)not at all
नैव (naiva):
जायन्ते (jāyante)are born/come into manifestation
जायन्ते (jāyante):
वर्षमात्रेण (varṣa-mātreṇa)by a mere year/only through the lapse of a year
वर्षमात्रेण (varṣa-mātreṇa):
देवताः (devatāḥ)O deities
देवताः (devatāḥ):
अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ)by us
अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ):
सर्वकार्याणाम् (sarva-kāryāṇām)of all works/undertakings
सर्वकार्याणाम् (sarva-kāryāṇām):
देवम् (devam)the Lord, the Divine (here: Shiva as Pati)
देवम् (devam):
अभ्यर्च्य (abhyarcya)having worshipped with reverence
अभ्यर्च्य (abhyarcya):
यत्नतः (yatnataḥ)with effort, carefully/diligently
यत्नतः (yatnataḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating; internal exhortation among the Devas inferred)