Shloka 4

क्षुपस्य विष्णुदर्शनं, वैष्णवस्तोत्रं, दधीचविवादः, स्थानेश्वरतीर्थमाहात्म्यं

Devanagari script

तुष्टाव वाग्भिर् इष्टाभिः प्रणम्य गरुडध्वजम् त्वमादिस्त्वमनादिश् च प्रकृतिस्त्वं जनार्दनः

Transliteration

tuṣṭāva vāgbhir iṣṭābhiḥ praṇamya garuḍadhvajam tvamādistvamanādiś ca prakṛtistvaṃ janārdanaḥ

Translation

ਗਰੁੜ-ਧਵਜ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਮ ਕਰਕੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਬਚਨਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਸਤੁਤੀ ਕੀਤੀ—“ਤੁਸੀਂ ਆਦਿ ਹੋ, ਤੁਸੀਂ ਅਨਾਦਿ ਹੋ; ਹੇ ਜਨਾਰਦਨ, ਤੁਸੀਂ ਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਕ੍ਰਿਤੀ ਹੋ।”

Word by Word

• तुष्टाव: praised

• वाग्भिः: with words/speech

• इष्टाभिः: dear, desired, cherished

• प्रणम्य: having bowed/prostrated

• गरुडध्वजम्: the one whose banner is Garuḍa (Viṣṇu)

• त्वम्: you

• आदिः: the first/origin

• त्वम्: you

• अनादिः: beginningless

• च: and

• प्रकृतिः: Prakṛti, primordial Nature/material cause

• त्वम्: you

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana (Viṣṇu, remover of afflictions of beings)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating; internal stuti addressed to Vishnu as Garuḍadhvaja)