Shloka 33

प्रलय-तत्त्वलयः, नीललोहित-रुद्रः, अष्टमूर्तिस्तवः, एवं ब्रह्मणो वैराग्यम्

Devanagari script

यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि पैतामहमिमं स्तवम् रुद्राय कथितं विप्राञ् श्रावयेद्वा समाहितः

Transliteration

yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi paitāmahamimaṃ stavam rudrāya kathitaṃ viprāñ śrāvayedvā samāhitaḥ

Translation

Quem recitar, ou mesmo apenas ouvir, este hino Paitāmaha—proclamado para Rudra—e, com a mente recolhida, fizer com que os brâmanes também o escutem, torna-se digno de receber o seu mérito sagrado.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: whoever

• paṭhet: recites

• chṛṇuyāt: listens/hears

• vā api: or even

• paitāmaham: belonging to the Grandfather (Brahmā), ‘Brahmā-composed’

• imam: this

• stavam: hymn of praise

• rudrāya: for Rudra (Śiva as Pati)

• kathitam: spoken/expounded

• viprān: Brahmins/learned reciters

• śrāvayet: should cause to be heard/should recite for others

• vā: or

• samāhitaḥ: composed, concentrated, inwardly gathered (yoga-like attentiveness).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the phala-śruti of the hymn within the Linga Purana frame)