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Shloka 50

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

पुरस्ताद्बृंहते चैव विभ्रान्ताय कृताय च दुर्गमाय महेशाय क्रोधाय कपिलाय च

purastādbṛṃhate caiva vibhrāntāya kṛtāya ca durgamāya maheśāya krodhāya kapilāya ca

पूर्वदिशेत विराजमान, सर्वांना विस्तार देणाऱ्या प्रभूला नमस्कार; रहस्यमय विभ्रान्त आणि कृत (कर्मस्वरूप व सिद्धफल) यांना नमस्कार। दुर्गम, महेश, क्रोधशक्ती आणि कपिलवर्ण तपस्वीतेज यांना नमस्कार।

purastātin the east/before (the eastern direction)
purastāt:
bṛṃhateto the Expander, the One who makes all grow (Shiva as all-pervading)
bṛṃhate:
ca evaand indeed
ca eva:
vibhrāntāyato the wondrous/mysterious, the One beyond conventional cognition
vibhrāntāya:
kṛtāyato the Doer/the accomplished One (kṛta—fulfilled act)
kṛtāya:
caand
ca:
durgamāyato the difficult-to-approach, inaccessible to the unpurified
durgamāya:
maheśāyato Maheshvara, the Great Lord (Pati)
maheśāya:
krodhāyato (His) wrath—purifying, destructive of pāśa (bondage)
krodhāya:
kapilāyato the tawny/reddish-brown One, the austere luminous form
kapilāya:
caand
ca:

Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional Shiva-nama invocation within the discourse)