भवान्प्रजापते: साक्षादात्मज: परमेष्ठिन: । सुतानां सम्मतो ब्रह्मंस्तपोयोगसमाधिभि: ॥ ३ ॥
bhavan prajapateh saksad atmajah paramesthinah sutanam sammato brahmams tapo-yoga-samadhibhih
- bhavan
- Your Lordship
- prajapateh
- of Prajapati (Lord Brahma)
- saksat
- directly
- atma-jah
- the son
- paramesthinah
- of the supreme person within this universe (Lord Brahma)
- sutanam
- of all the sons
- sammatah
- agreed upon as the best
- brahman
- O best of the brahmanas
- tapah
- by austerity
- yoga
- by mystic practice
- samadhibhih
- and by trance or meditation (in all respects, you are the best).
O best of the brahmanas, you are directly the son of Prajapati (Lord Brahma). Because of your austerities, mystic yoga and trance, you are considered the best of all of Lord Brahma’s sons.