Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.16.34
नमस्त आदिदेवाय साक्षिभूताय ते नम: ।
नारायणाय ऋषये नराय हरये नम: ॥ ३४ ॥
namas ta ādi-devāya
[namas ta aadi-devaaya]
sākṣi-bhūtāya te namaḥ
[saakshi-bhootaaya te namah]
nārāyaṇāya ṛṣaye
[naaraayanaaya rishaye]
narāya haraye namaḥ
[naraaya haraye namah]
Word-for-word
namaḥ te
—
I offer my respectful obeisances unto You
ādi-devāya
—
who are the original Personality of Godhead
sākṣi-bhūtāya
—
the witness of everything within the heart of everyone
te
—
unto You
namaḥ
—
I offer my respectful obeisances
nārāyaṇāya
—
who take the incarnation of Nārāyaṇa
ṛṣaye
—
the sage
narāya
—
the incarnation of a human being
haraye
—
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
namaḥ
—
I offer my respectful obeisances.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
namas ta ādi-devāya
namaḥ te
I offer my respectful obeisances unto You
ādi-devāya
who are the original Personality of Godhead
sākṣi-bhūtāya te namaḥ
sākṣi-bhūtāya
the witness of everything within the heart of everyone
te
unto You
namaḥ
I offer my respectful obeisances
nārāyaṇāya ṛṣaye
nārāyaṇāya
who take the incarnation of Nārāyaṇa
ṛṣaye
the sage
narāya haraye namaḥ
narāya
the incarnation of a human being
haraye
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
namaḥ
I offer my respectful obeisances.
I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who are the original Personality of Godhead, the witness in everyone’s heart, and the incarnation of Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi in the form of a human being. O Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, the Supreme Lord, the original lord, the witness in everyone's heart, and the incarnation of Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi.
Personal Guidance
Obeisances to You, witness in every heart, incarnation of Nara-Nārāyaṇa in human form. The Lord is both seer-of-hearts and a specific human sage. Both transcendence and incarnation are addressed together.
Reflection Questions
- Where do I imagine the Lord as either remote-witness or near-human, missing the both-at-once?
- Whose human form in my life functions as a Nara-Nārāyaṇa for me?
My note
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