Shloka 24
Varaha-Pradurbhava Context: Prahlada’s Bhakti, Narasimha’s Ugra-Form, and Shiva’s Sharabha Intervention
Devanagari script
यज्ञभुग्यज्ञमूर्तिस्त्वं यज्ञिनां फलदः प्रभुः भवान्मत्स्याकृतिः कौर्मम् आस्थाय जगति स्थितः
Transliteration
yajñabhugyajñamūrtistvaṃ yajñināṃ phaladaḥ prabhuḥ bhavānmatsyākṛtiḥ kaurmam āsthāya jagati sthitaḥ
Translation
ਹੇ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ! ਤੁਸੀਂ ਯਜ੍ਞ ਦੇ ਭੋਗਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਯਜ੍ਞ-ਮੂਰਤੀ ਹੋ; ਯਜ੍ਞ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਫਲ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਹੀ ਹੋ। ਮੱਛ ਅਤੇ ਕੱਛਪ ਰੂਪ ਧਾਰ ਕੇ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਜਗਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਥਿਤ ਰਹਿ ਅੰਦਰੋਂ ਅੰਦਰ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋ।
Word by Word
यज्ञभुक् (yajñabhuk)enjoyer/receiver of sacrificial offerings
यज्ञभुक् (yajñabhuk):
यज्ञमूर्तिः (yajñamūrtiḥ)whose form is the sacrifice/embodiment of yajña
यज्ञमूर्तिः (yajñamūrtiḥ):
त्वम् (tvam)you
त्वम् (tvam):
यज्ञिनाम् (yajñinām)of the sacrificers/performers of yajña
यज्ञिनाम् (yajñinām):
फलदः (phaladaḥ)giver of results/fruits
फलदः (phaladaḥ):
प्रभुः (prabhuḥ)Lord, sovereign
प्रभुः (prabhuḥ):
भवान् (bhavān)you (honorific)
भवान् (bhavān):
मत्स्य-आकृतिः (matsyākṛtiḥ)having the form of a fish
मत्स्य-आकृतिः (matsyākṛtiḥ):
कौर्मम् (kaurmam)the tortoise-form (pertaining to Kūrma)
कौर्मम् (kaurmam):
आस्थाय (āsthāya)having assumed/taken refuge in
आस्थाय (āsthāya):
जगति (jagati)in the world
जगति (jagati):
स्थितः (sthitaḥ)abiding, established
स्थितः (sthitaḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the hymn/context of praise within the Linga Purana discourse)