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SB 12.8.47

Devanāgarī

तस्मै नमो भगवते पुरुषाय भूम्ने विश्वाय विश्वगुरवे परदैवताय । नारायणाय ऋषये च नरोत्तमाय हंसाय संयतगिरे निगमेश्वराय ॥ ४७ ॥

Text

tasmai namo bhagavate puruṣāya bhūmne viśvāya viśva-gurave para-daivatāya nārāyaṇāya ṛṣaye ca narottamāya haṁsāya saṁyata-gire nigameśvarāya

Synonyms

tasmai—to Him;namaḥ—my obeisances;bhagavate—to the Godhead;puruṣāya—the Supreme Person;bhūmne—the all-pervading one;viśvāya—the all-inclusive manifestation of the universe;viśva-gurave—the spiritual master of the universe;para-daivatāya—the supremely worshipable Deity;nārāyaṇāya—to Lord Nārāyaṇa;ṛṣaye—the sage;ca—and;nara-uttamāya—to the best of human beings;haṁsāya—situated in perfect purity;saṁyata-gire—who has controlled his speech;nigama-īśvarāya—the master of the Vedic scriptures.

Translation

I offer my humble obeisances to Him, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the all-pervading and all-inclusive form of the universe, as well as its spiritual master. I bow down to Lord Nārāyaṇa, the supremely worshipable Deity appearing as a sage, and also to the saintly Nara, the best of human beings, who is fixed in perfect goodness, fully in control of his speech, and the propagator of the Vedic literatures.

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