Shloka 32

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

नमो ऽस्त्विष्टाय पूर्ताय अग्निष्टोमद्विजाय च सदस्याय नमश्चैव दक्षिणावभृथाय च

Transliteration

namo 'stviṣṭāya pūrtāya agniṣṭomadvijāya ca sadasyāya namaścaiva dakṣiṇāvabhṛthāya ca

Translation

礼敬那位主宰：祂即是 iṣṭa（祭祀仪轨）与 pūrta（功德善业）的本体。礼敬那位主宰：祂即是阿耆尼什托摩（Agniṣṭoma）之祭，亦是其二次生的司祭。礼敬那位主宰：祂在仪式会众中为成员而主持；亦礼敬祂为达克希那（Dakṣiṇā，圣施）与终结的阿瓦婆利他（avabhṛtha）沐浴。

Word by Word

• नमः अस्तु: salutations be

• इष्टाय: to the iṣṭa—Vedic sacrifice/ritual offering

• पूर्ताय: to the pūrta—meritorious public works and charity

• अग्निष्टोम: the Agniṣṭoma Soma-sacrifice

• द्विजाय: to the twice-born/ritual priest

• च: and

• सदस्याय: to the sadasya—member/overseer of the sacrificial session

• नमः: salutations

• च एव: and indeed

• दक्षिणा: sacrificial fee/gift to priests

• अवभृथाय: to the avabhṛtha—final purificatory bath concluding the Soma rite

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami