lalāṭa-catvara-jvalad-dhanañjaya-sphuliṇgabha
nīpīta-pañca-sāyakam naman-nilimpa-nāyakam
Like the fire in the middle of a sacrificial altar levelled
Is His (Lord Shiva's) sparkling Third-Eye amidst the Forehead
Which engulfed the five arrows of the God of Desire (Kamadeva)
Obeisance to that Chief of all Gods, Who holds this Fire **
sudha-mayūkha-lekhaya virāja-māna-śekharaṃ
mahākapāli-sampade-śiro-jaṭāla-mastu naḥ
By a ray of nectar, a stroke made (the Moon) adorns the span of His Head
O Mahakapali (Great-Intelligence), with vast intellectual wealth may we be blessed
* note - the word "nilimpa" is being generally translated as god, diety. But there is also specific meaning of nilimpa as "troop of maruts" based on Taittiriya Aranyaka.
Secondly some of the translations are giving it as all celestials are bowing down. But here the word "nayakam" is in singular and it is in dvitiya case i.e. obeisance (naman) is being offerred to nayakam. Obeisance can only be offered to Lord Shiva in this context
** - "who holds this fire" is not in the the stotram, I added this to get the rhyme and rhythm in the English translation.
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