Shloka 22

Varaha-Pradurbhava Context: Prahlada’s Bhakti, Narasimha’s Ugra-Form, and Shiva’s Sharabha Intervention

Devanagari script

परात्परतरं ब्रह्म तत्त्वात् तत्त्वतमं भवान् ज्योतिषां तु परं ज्योतिः परमात्मा जगन्मयः

Transliteration

parātparataraṃ brahma tattvāt tattvatamaṃ bhavān jyotiṣāṃ tu paraṃ jyotiḥ paramātmā jaganmayaḥ

Translation

നീ പരാത്പര ബ്രഹ്മം; എല്ലാ തത്ത്വങ്ങളെയും അതിക്രമിച്ച പരമ തത്ത്വസ്വരൂപൻ. ജ്യോതികളിൽ നീ പരമ ജ്യോതി—ജഗന്മയനായ സർവ്വവ്യാപി പരമാത്മാവ്.

Word by Word

• परात् (parāt): beyond

• परतरम् (parataram): still higher, beyond even that

• ब्रह्म (brahma): Brahman, the Absolute

• तत्त्वात् (tattvāt): than/ beyond the tattva-principles

• तत्त्वतमम् (tattvatamam): the most real/most essential principle

• भवान् (bhavān): You (Lord Shiva)

• ज्योतिषाम् (jyotiṣām): of lights, of luminous beings/illuminations

• तु (tu): indeed

• परम् (param): supreme

• ज्योतिः (jyotiḥ): light, radiance, consciousness-light

• परमात्मा (paramātmā): the Supreme Self

• जगन्मयः (jaganmayaḥ): pervading the world, constituted as the universe

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn/praise within the Purva-Bhaga context)