Chapter Nine Brahma-stuti Brahmā's Prayers

vidyud-dyutis tv ṛtu-guṇo jala-madhya-rekhā itthaṁ tathāsya jagatas tu mukhaṁ mṛṣeti duḥkhāvṛtaṁ viṣaya-ghūrṇam alāta-cakram vidyut—lightning; dyutiḥ—splendor; tv—indeed; ṛtu—of the seasons; guṇaḥ—the quality; jala—water; madhya—middle; rekhā—a line; bhūta—manifested; ulmukaḥ—firebrand; kapaṭa—false; pantha—path; ratiḥ—making; yathā—as; ca—and; ittham—thus; tathā—so; asya—of this; jagataḥ—material universe; tu—indeed; mukham—tha face; mṛṣā—false; iti—thus; duḥkha—with sufferings; āvṛtam—filled; viṣaya—sense objects; ghūrṇam—whirling; alāta-cakram—a firebrand circle. Like a fleeting lightning flash, a ripple on the water, the passing seasons, and the false, blurred line of a moving spark, the face, filled with sufferings, of the material world is temporary and untrue. The whirl of sense happiness is the seeming-stationary circle of a quickly-moving spark.

vaktaiś caturbhis tv aham eva devaḥ śrī-paṣcavaktraḥ kila paṣca-vaktraiḥ sahasraśīrṣas tu sahasra-vaktrair yaṁ stauti sevāṁ kurute ca tasya vaktaiḥ—with mouths; caturbhiḥ—four; tv—indeed; aham—I; eva—indeed; devaḥ—the lord; śrī-paṣcavaktraḥ—Śiva; kila—indeed; paṣca—with five; vaktraiḥ—mouths; sahasraśīrṣaḥ—Ananta; tu—indeed; sahasra—with a thousand; vaktraiḥ—mouths; yam—whom; stauti—praise; sevām—service; kurute—do; ca—and; tasya—of Him. Ananta praises Him with a thousand mouths, Śiva with five mouths and I with four mouths. We serve Lord Hari.