तस्मै भवान्हयशिरस्तनुवं हि बिभ्रद् वेदद्रुहावतिबलौ मधुकैटभाख्यौ । हत्वानयच्छ्रुतिगणांश्च रजस्तमश्च सत्त्वं तव प्रियतमां तनुमामनन्ति ॥ ३७ ॥
tasmai bhavan haya-siras tanuvam hi bibhrad veda-druhav atibalau madhu-kaitabhakhyau hatvanayac chruti-ganams ca rajas tamas ca sattvam tava priyatamam tanum amananti
- tasmai
- unto Lord Brahma
- bhavan
- Your Lordship
- haya-sirah
- having the head and neck of a horse
- tanuvam
- the incarnation
- hi
- indeed
- bibhrat
- accepting
- veda-druhau
- two demons who were against the Vedic principles
- ati-balau
- extremely powerful
- madhu-kaitabha-akhyau
- known as Madhu and Kaitabha
- hatva
- killing
- anayat
- delivered
- sruti-ganan
- all the different Vedas (Sama, Yajur, Rg and Atharva)
- ca
- and
- rajah tamah ca
- by representing the modes of passion and ignorance
- sattvam
- pure transcendental goodness
- tava
- Your
- priya-tamam
- most dear
- tanum
- form (as Hayagriva)
- amananti
- they honor
My dear Lord, when You appeared as Hayagriva, with the head of a horse, You killed two demons known as Madhu and Kaitabha, who were full of the modes of passion and ignorance. Then You delivered the Vedic knowledge to Lord Brahma. For this reason, all the great saints accept Your forms as transcendental, untinged by material qualities.