Shloka 23
ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्
Devanagari script
वराहायाप्रमेयाय ऋक्षाय विरजाय च नमः सुराणां पतये गणानां पतये नमः
Transliteration
varāhāyāprameyāya ṛkṣāya virajāya ca namaḥ surāṇāṃ pataye gaṇānāṃ pataye namaḥ
Translation
വരാഹരൂപനായ അപ്രമേയനും, ഋക്ഷരൂപനും, വിരജൻ (നിർമലൻ) ആയ പ്രഭുവിന്നു നമഃ। ദേവന്മാരുടെ പതിക്കു നമഃ, ഗണങ്ങളുടെ പതിക്കു നമഃ।
Word by Word
वराहाय (varāhāya)to the Boar-form
वराहाय (varāhāya):
अप्रमेयाय (aprameyāya)to the immeasurable, beyond valid measure/knowledge
अप्रमेयाय (aprameyāya):
ऋक्षाय (ṛkṣāya)to Ṛkṣa (bear/star-lord epithet
ऋक्षाय (ṛkṣāya):
विरजाय (virajāya)to the stainless, passionless, free from rajas
विरजाय (virajāya):
च (ca)and
च (ca):
नमः (namaḥ)salutation
नमः (namaḥ):
सुराणाम् (surāṇām)of the gods (devas)
सुराणाम् (surāṇām):
पतये (pataye)to the lord/master (Pati)
पतये (pataye):
गणानाम् (gaṇānām)of the gaṇas (Śiva’s hosts)
गणानाम् (gaṇānām):
पतये (pataye)to the lord/master
पतये (pataye):
नमः (namaḥ)salutation
नमः (namaḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional Shiva-stuti within the Purva-Bhaga context)