Shloka 51

Varaha-Pradurbhava Context: Prahlada’s Bhakti, Narasimha’s Ugra-Form, and Shiva’s Sharabha Intervention

Devanagari script

पुरुषार्थप्रदानाय पतये परमेष्ठिने ईशानाय नमस्तुभ्यम् ईश्वराय नमोनमः

Transliteration

puruṣārthapradānāya pataye parameṣṭhine īśānāya namastubhyam īśvarāya namonamaḥ

Translation

Поклонение Тебе, Ишана (Īśāna), дарующему четыре цели жизни (puruṣārtha), Верховному Господу (Pati), Превознесённому (Parameṣṭhin). Тебе, Владыке Ишваре (Īśvara), я кланяюсь снова и снова.

Word by Word

• पुरुषार्थ-प्रदानाय: to the giver of the puruṣārthas (dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣa)

• पतये: to the Lord/Master (Pati)

• परमेष्ठिने: to the Most Exalted, enthroned as supreme

• ईशानाय: to Īśāna (a form/name of Śiva, the ruling Lord)

• नमः: salutation

• तुभ्यम्: to You

• ईश्वराय: to the Supreme Ruler (Īśvara)

• नमो नमः: repeated obeisance, again and again

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva-stuti within the Purva-Bhaga context)