Shloka 84

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

क्रोधाकारः प्रसन्नात्मा कामदः कामगः प्रियः ब्रह्मचारि चागाधश् च ब्रह्मण्यः शिष्टपूजितः

Transliteration

krodhākāraḥ prasannātmā kāmadaḥ kāmagaḥ priyaḥ brahmacāri cāgādhaś ca brahmaṇyaḥ śiṣṭapūjitaḥ

Translation

祂可现忿怒之相，而内在自性恒常安然；祂赐予正当之愿，并自在行于欲之力本身——可爱之主。祂是神圣的梵行者，深不可测、无可量度；敬奉梵与婆罗门，为持戒有德之人所礼敬。

Word by Word

• क्रोधाकारः: one whose form is wrath (terrible aspect)

• प्रसन्नात्मा: of tranquil/benign inner nature

• कामदः: giver of desires/boons

• कामगः: moving as desire, going where desire leads (all-pervading as icchā-śakti)

• प्रियः: beloved, dear

• ब्रह्मचारि: celibate, one established in brahmacarya

• च: and

• अगाधः: unfathomable, bottomless

• च: and

• ब्रह्मण्यः: devoted to brahman, protector of Brahmanas and Vedic order

• शिष्टपूजितः: worshipped by the refined/learned/virtuous (śiṣṭas)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a Shiva Sahasranama within the Linga Purana discourse)