Shloka 23

Adhyaya 73 — त्रिपुरदाहे ब्रह्मस्तवः

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

Devanagari script

यत्क्षणं वा मुहूर्तं वा शिवमेकं न चिन्तयेत् भवभक्तिपरा ये च भवप्रणतचेतसः

Transliteration

yatkṣaṇaṃ vā muhūrtaṃ vā śivamekaṃ na cintayet bhavabhaktiparā ye ca bhavapraṇatacetasaḥ

Translation

यत्क्षणं वा मुहूर्तं वा शिवमेकं न चिन्तयेत्। भवभक्तिपराः ये च भवप्रणतचेतसः॥

Word by Word

• yat-kṣaṇam: even for a moment

• vā: or

• muhūrtam: for a muhūrta (a sacred measure of time)

• vā: or

• śivam: Shiva

• ekam: the One (non-dual Supreme)

• na: not

• cintayet: should contemplate/remember

• bhava: Bhava (Shiva as Lord of becoming)

• bhakti-parāḥ: wholly devoted in devotion

• ye: who

• ca: and

• bhava-praṇata: bowed/prostrated to Bhava

• cetasaḥ: in heart/mind

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)