Shloka 18

Adhyaya 73 — त्रिपुरदाहे ब्रह्मस्तवः

Brahmā’s Hymn in the Context of Tripura’s Burning

Devanagari script

स योगी सर्वतत्त्वज्ञो व्रतं पाशुपतं त्विदम् भवेन पाशमोक्षार्थं कथितं देवसत्तमाः

Transliteration

sa yogī sarvatattvajño vrataṃ pāśupataṃ tvidam bhavena pāśamokṣārthaṃ kathitaṃ devasattamāḥ

Translation

ਉਹ ਯੋਗੀ, ਜੋ ਸਭ ਤੱਤਾਂ ਦਾ ਗਿਆਤਾ ਹੈ—ਇਹੀ ਪਾਸ਼ੁਪਤ ਵਰਤ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਉਪਦੇਸ਼ਿਆ; ਅਤੇ ਭਵ (ਸ਼ਿਵ) ਨੇ ਪਾਸ਼ (ਬੰਧਨ) ਤੋਂ ਮੁਕਤੀ ਲਈ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ ਹੈ, ਹੇ ਦੇਵ-ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠੋ।

Word by Word

• स (sa): that

• योगी (yogī): yogin, disciplined practitioner

• सर्वतत्त्वज्ञः (sarvatattvajñaḥ): knower of all principles/tattvas

• व्रतम् (vratam): vow, observance

• पाशुपतम् (pāśupatam): belonging to Paśupati (Śiva), Pāśupata

• तु (tu): indeed

• इदम् (idam): this

• भवेन (bhavena): by Bhava, i.e., Śiva

• पाशमोक्षार्थम् (pāśamokṣārtham): for the purpose of liberation from bondage

• कथितम् (kathitam): taught, proclaimed

• देवसत्तमाः (devasattamāḥ): O best of the gods

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching within the Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)