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Shloka 69

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

नमो ऽकृत्याय कृत्याय मुण्डाय कीकटाय च नम उन्मत्तदेहाय किङ्किणीकाय वै नमः

namo 'kṛtyāya kṛtyāya muṇḍāya kīkaṭāya ca nama unmattadehāya kiṅkiṇīkāya vai namaḥ

नमोऽकृत्याय कृत्याय मुण्डाय कीकटाय च। नम उन्मत्तदेहाय किङ्किणीकाय वै नमः॥

namaḥsalutations
namaḥ:
akṛtyāyato the formless/without fashioned form
akṛtyāya:
kṛtyāyato the one who becomes manifest/assumes form
kṛtyāya:
muṇḍāyato the shaven-headed (ascetic) one
muṇḍāya:
kīkaṭāyato the one present even among Kīkaṭas (outsiders/despised regions), i.e., beyond social boundaries
kīkaṭāya:
caand
ca:
unmattadehāyato him whose body is ‘unmatta’ (wild, ecstatic, beyond conventions)
unmattadehāya:
kiṅkiṇīkāyato the one wearing kiṅkiṇī (tinkling bells/anklets/ornaments)
kiṅkiṇīkāya:
vaiindeed
vai:
namaḥsalutations
namaḥ:

Suta Goswami (narrating a received Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana’s praise sequence)