Shloka 4
Varaha-Pradurbhava Context: Prahlada’s Bhakti, Narasimha’s Ugra-Form, and Shiva’s Sharabha Intervention
Devanagari script
तमादिपुरुषं भक्त्या परब्रह्मस्वरूपिणम् ब्रह्मणो ऽधिपतिं सृष्टिस्थितिसंहारकारणम्
Transliteration
tamādipuruṣaṃ bhaktyā parabrahmasvarūpiṇam brahmaṇo 'dhipatiṃ sṛṣṭisthitisaṃhārakāraṇam
Translation
భక్తితో ఆ ఆదిపురుషుని ఆరాధించాలి—ఆయనే పరబ్రహ్మస్వరూపుడు, బ్రహ్మకు అధిపతి, సృష్టి‑స్థితి‑సంహారాలకు కారణభూతుడు।
Word by Word
tamthat (Him)
tam:
ādipuruṣamthe Primordial Person (Adi-Purusha)
ādipuruṣam:
bhaktyāwith devotion, through bhakti
bhaktyā:
parabrahma-svarūpiṇamwhose form/nature is the Supreme Brahman
parabrahma-svarūpiṇam:
brahmaṇaḥof Brahmā (the creator)
brahmaṇaḥ:
adhipatimoverlord, sovereign
adhipatim:
sṛṣṭicreation
sṛṣṭi:
sthitimaintenance/preservation
sthiti:
saṃhāradissolution/withdrawal
saṃhāra:
kāraṇamcause, causal principle
kāraṇam:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)