Shloka 13

Adhyaya 73 — त्रिपुरदाहे ब्रह्मस्तवः

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

Devanagari script

त्रिभिश् च प्रणवैर्देवाः प्राणायामैस्तथाविधैः द्विधा न्यस्य तथौंकारं प्राणायामपरायणः

Transliteration

tribhiś ca praṇavairdevāḥ prāṇāyāmaistathāvidhaiḥ dvidhā nyasya tathauṃkāraṃ prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

E os Devas, empregando o Praṇava tríplice e as disciplinas prescritas de prāṇāyāma, realizaram devidamente o nyāsa duplo do sagrado Oṁ, permanecendo inteiramente devotados ao prāṇāyāma como purificação interior no culto a Śiva.

Word by Word

• त्रिभिः: with three

• च: and

• प्रणवैः: with the Pranavas (Oṁ as sacred utterance)

• देवाः: the Devas

• प्राणायामैः: with breath-regulations (prāṇāyāma)

• तथाविधैः: of that prescribed kind / as enjoined

• द्विधा: in two ways / twofold

• न्यस्य: having placed (by nyāsa, ritual imposition)

• तथा: thus / duly

• औंकारम्: the syllable Oṁ (Oṁkāra)

• प्राणायामपरायणः: devoted/intent upon prāṇāyāma.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the ritual method followed by the Devas within the Purana’s account)