Shloka 78
ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्
Devanagari script
अक्षरान्तरनिष्पन्दाद् गुणानेतान्विदुर्बुधाः जपो जप्यो महादेवो महायोगोमहेश्वरः
Transliteration
akṣarāntaraniṣpandād guṇānetānvidurbudhāḥ japo japyo mahādevo mahāyogomaheśvaraḥ
Translation
ಅಕ್ಷರಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯದ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ, ಅವಿಚ್ಛಿನ್ನ ಸ್ಪಂದನದಿಂದ ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತರು ಈ ಗುಣಗಳನ್ನು ಅರಿಯುತ್ತಾರೆ—ಮಹಾದೇವನೇ ಜಪ, ಮಹಾದೇವನೇ ಜಪ್ಯ; ಅವನೇ ಮಹೇಶ್ವರ, ಅವನೇ ಮಹಾಯೋಗಸ್ವರೂಪ.
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)