Shloka 54

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

रक्षोघ्नाय विषघ्नाय शितिकण्ठोर्ध्वमन्यवे

Transliteration

rakṣoghnāya viṣaghnāya śitikaṇṭhordhvamanyave

Translation

ਰਾਖਸ਼-ਘਾਤਕ, ਵਿਸ਼-ਨਾਸ਼ਕ—ਨੀਲਕੰਠ, ਅਧਰਮ ਦੇ ਵਿਰੁੱਧ ਉੱਪਰ ਉਠਦੀ ਊਰਧ੍ਵ-ਮਨ੍ਯੁ ਵਾਲੇ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ।

Word by Word

• रक्षोघ्नाय: to the slayer of demons (rakṣasas)

• विषघ्नाय: to the destroyer/remover of poison

• शितिकण्ठ: the Blue-throated One (Śiva, marked by the halāhala poison)

• ऊर्ध्वमन्यवे: to Him of upraised wrath/lofty indignation (that subdues evil)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s names to the sages of Naimisharanya)