Shloka 47
ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्
Devanagari script
नमो वै पद्मवर्णाय मृत्युघ्नाय च मृत्यवे नमो गौराय श्यामाय कद्रवे लोहिताय च
Transliteration
namo vai padmavarṇāya mṛtyughnāya ca mṛtyave namo gaurāya śyāmāya kadrave lohitāya ca
Translation
Pagpupugay sa May kulay-lotus; pagpupugay sa Tagapagwasak ng kamatayan—at sa Kanya ring siyang Kamatayan. Pagpupugay sa Maputi at sa Maitim; pagpupugay sa Kayumangging-dilaw at sa Mapulang-hued.
Word by Word
namosalutations
namo:
vaiindeed/verily
vai:
padma-varṇāyato the lotus-hued/lotus-colored One
padma-varṇāya:
mṛtyu-ghnāyato the slayer of death
mṛtyu-ghnāya:
caand
ca:
mṛtyaveto Death (as the cosmic power of dissolution)
mṛtyave:
gaurāyato the fair/bright One
gaurāya:
śyāmāyato the dark/blue-black One
śyāmāya:
kadraveto the tawny-brown One
kadrave:
lohitāyato the red-hued One
lohitāya:
caand
ca:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn of praise within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva stuti tradition)