Shloka 23

ब्रह्मकृत-ईशानस्तवः तथा विश्वरूपदेवी-प्रकृतिरहस्योपदेशः

Devanagari script

प्राह देववृषं ब्रह्मा ब्रह्माणं चात्मसंभवम् रहस्यं सर्वमन्त्राणां पावनं पुष्टिवर्धनम्

Transliteration

prāha devavṛṣaṃ brahmā brahmāṇaṃ cātmasaṃbhavam rahasyaṃ sarvamantrāṇāṃ pāvanaṃ puṣṭivardhanam

Translation

ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਨੇ ਦੇਵਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਅਤੇ ਆਤਮਸੰਭਵ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਕਿਹਾ—ਇਹ ਸਭ ਮੰਤ੍ਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਰਹੱਸ ਹੈ; ਇਹ ਪਾਵਨ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਪੁਸ਼ਟੀ ਵਧਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• प्राह: said/spoke

• देववृषम्: to Devavṛṣa (a divine seer/recipient)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā

• ब्रह्माणम्: to Brahmā (as addressed/another Brahmā)

• च: and

• आत्मसंभवम्: self-born, self-originated

• रहस्यम्: secret, esoteric essence

• सर्वमन्त्राणाम्: of all mantras

• पावनम्: purifying, sanctifying

• पुष्टिवर्धनम्: increasing prosperity, strength, nourishment (puṣṭi)

Speaker

Suta (narrating the internal account of Brahmā’s transmission)