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Subrahmanya Bhujangam: Lyrics and Meaning

सुब्रह्मण्य भुजंगम्

Traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya

The Subrahmanya Bhujangam is a Sanskrit hymn of 33 verses to Murugan, the son of Shiva and Parvati, also called Subrahmanya, Skanda, Kartikeya, Kumara and Guha. Its name comes from its metre, bhujanga-prayata ("the serpent's gait"), which the last verse names. The first verse asks Ganesha to remove obstacles; in the second the poet says he knows no learning, yet a six-faced light shines in his heart and the words come by themselves.

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Verse 1

सदा बालरूपापि विघ्नाद्रिहन्त्रीमहादन्तिवक्त्रापि पञ्चास्यमान्या ।विधीन्द्रादिमृग्या गणेशाभिधा मेविधत्तां श्रियं कापि कल्याणमूर्तिः ॥ १ ॥

Sada balarupapi vighnadrihantriMahadantivaktrapi panchasyamanyaVidhindradimrigya ganeshabhidha meVidhattam shriyam kapi kalyanamurtih

IAST

sadā bālarūpāpi vighnādrihantrīmahādantivaktrāpi pañcāsyamānyā |vidhīndrādimṛgyā gaṇeśābhidhā mevidhattāṃ śriyaṃ kāpi kalyāṇamūrtiḥ || 1 ||

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Our explanation The hymn opens with a prayer to Ganesha. Though always a child in form, he breaks the mountains of obstacles; though he has the face of a great elephant, Shiva, the five-faced god, honours him; Brahma, Indra and the other gods seek him. The poet asks that this form of blessing, named Ganesha, give him prosperity.

हिंदी अर्थ स्तोत्र गणेश की प्रार्थना से शुरू होता है। वे सदा बालक रूप में होकर भी विघ्नों के पहाड़ों को तोड़ देते हैं; बड़े हाथी का मुख होने पर भी पाँच मुख वाले शिव उनका आदर करते हैं; ब्रह्मा, इंद्र और दूसरे देवता उन्हें खोजते हैं। कवि प्रार्थना करता है कि गणेश नाम वाला वह मंगल रूप उसे समृद्धि दे।

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  1. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  2. बालरूपा bālarūpā · having a child's form (compound (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: bāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 728, col. 3 “young, childish”; rūpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 885, col. 3 “form, shape, figure”
  3. अपि api · though (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
  4. विघ्नाद्रिहन्त्री vighnādrihantrī · breaker of the mountains of obstacles (compound (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: vi-ghna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 957, col. 3 “an obstacle, impediment, hindrance”; adri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 19, col. 2 “a stone, a rock, a mountain”; hantṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1288, col. 1 “slaying, killing, a slayer, killer”
  5. महादन्तिवक्त्रा mahādantivaktrā · having a great elephant's face (compound (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: mahā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 794, col. 3 “in comp. for mahat”; dantin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 469, col. 1 “an elephant”; vaktra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 2 “‘organ of speech,’ the mouth, face”
  6. अपि api · though (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
  7. पञ्चास्यमान्या pañcāsyamānyā · honoured by the five-faced Shiva (compound (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: pañcāsya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 578, col. 2 “5-faced, 5-headed”; mānya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 809, col. 3 “to be respected or honoured, worthy of honour, respectable, venerable, Mn.; MBh. &c.”
  8. विधीन्द्रादिमृग्या vidhīndrādimṛgyā · sought by Brahma, Indra and the rest (compound (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. vidhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 968, col. 1 “a rule, formula, injunction, ordinance, statute, precept, law, direction”; indra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 166, col. 2 “the god of the atmosphere and sky”; 1. ādi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 136, col. 3 “beginning, commencement; a firstling, first-fruits”; mṛgya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 829, col. 2 “to be hunted after or sought for or found out”
  9. गणेशाभिधा gaṇeśābhidhā · named Ganesha (compound (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: gaṇeśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 343, col. 2 “N. of the god of wisdom and of obstacles”; 2. abhi-dhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 63, col. 2 “name, appellation”
  10. मे me · "to me" (pronoun, dative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  11. विधत्ताम् vidhattām · may grant (imperative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: vi-dhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 967, col. 2 “to put in order, arrange, dispose, prepare, make ready”
  12. श्रियम् śriyam · prosperity (noun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 3. śrī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1098, col. 3 “prosperity, welfare, good fortune, success, auspiciousness, wealth, treasure, riches”
  13. का kā · some (pronoun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. ka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 240, col. 2 “who? which? what?”
  14. अपि api · indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
  15. कल्याणमूर्तिः kalyāṇamūrtiḥ · form of blessing (compound (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: kalyāṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 263, col. 2 “good fortune, happiness, prosperity”; mūrti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 824, col. 1 “embodiment, manifestation, incarnation, personification”

Verse 2

न जानामि शब्दं न जानामि चार्थंन जानामि पद्यं न जानामि गद्यम् ।चिदेका षडास्या हृदि द्योतते मेमुखान्निःसरन्ते गिरश्चापि चित्रम् ॥ २ ॥

Na janami shabdam na janami charthamNa janami padyam na janami gadyamChideka shadasya hridi dyotate meMukhannihsarante girashchapi chitram

IAST

na jānāmi śabdaṃ na jānāmi cārthaṃna jānāmi padyaṃ na jānāmi gadyam |cidekā ṣaḍāsyā hṛdi dyotate memukhānniḥsarante giraścāpi citram || 2 ||

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Our explanation The poet says that he does not know the science of sounds or of meanings, nor verse, nor prose. Yet a single light of awareness with six faces shines in his heart, and wonderful words come out of his mouth.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि कहता है कि वह न शब्द-शास्त्र जानता है, न अर्थ; न पद्य जानता है, न गद्य। फिर भी उसके हृदय में छह मुखों वाली एक चेतना-ज्योति चमकती है, और उसके मुख से अद्भुत वाणी निकल रही है।

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  1. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  2. जानामि jānāmi · "I know" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
  3. शब्दम् śabdam · sound (grammar) (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: śabda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1052, col. 2 “sound, noise, voice, tone, note”
  4. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  5. जानामि jānāmi · "I know" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
  6. च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
  7. अर्थम् artham · meaning (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: artha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 90, col. 3 “sense, meaning, notion”
  8. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  9. जानामि jānāmi · "I know" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
  10. पद्यम् padyam · verse (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: padya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 584, col. 1 “a verse, metre, poetry”
  11. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  12. जानामि jānāmi · "I know" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
  13. गद्यम् gadyam · prose (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: gadya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 344, col. 3 “prose”
  14. चित् cit · awareness (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 4. cit, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 395, col. 3 “thought, intellect, spirit, soul”
  15. एका ekā · one (adjective (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: eka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 227, col. 3 “one”
  16. षडास्या ṣaḍāsyā · six-faced (compound (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: ṣaṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1108, col. 1 “six”; āsya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 159, col. 3 “mouth, jaws, RV.; AV.; VS.; MBh. &c.; face”
  17. हृदि hṛdi · in the heart (noun (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: hṛd, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1302, col. 2 “the heart (as the seat of feelings and emotions)”
  18. द्योतते dyotate · shines (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 2. dyut, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 500, col. 1 “to shine, be bright or brilliant”
  19. मे me · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  20. मुखात् mukhāt · from the mouth (noun (neuter), ablative singular) Dictionary: mukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 819, col. 3 “the mouth, face, countenance”
  21. निःसरन्ते niḥsarante · come out (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: niḥ-sṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 544, col. 1 “to go out, come forth”
  22. गिरः giraḥ · words (noun (feminine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 1. gir, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 355, col. 1 “speech, speaking, language, voice, words”
  23. च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
  24. अपि api · also (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
  25. चित्रम् citram · wonderfully (indeclinable) Dictionary: citra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 396, col. 1 “anything bright or coloured which strikes the eyes … a brilliant ornament”

Verse 3

मयूराधिरूढं महावाक्यगूढंमनोहारिदेहं महच्चित्तगेहम् ।महीदेवदेवं महावेदभावंमहादेवबालं भजे लोकपालम् ॥ ३ ॥

Mayuradhirudham mahavakyagudhamManoharideham mahachchittagehamMahidevadevam mahavedabhavamMahadevabalam bhaje lokapalam

IAST

mayūrādhirūḍhaṃ mahāvākyagūḍhaṃmanohāridehaṃ mahaccittageham |mahīdevadevaṃ mahāvedabhāvaṃmahādevabālaṃ bhaje lokapālam || 3 ||

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Our explanation The poet worships the child of Mahadeva (Shiva), the protector of the worlds. He rides the peacock, he is the hidden meaning of the great sayings of the Upanishads, his form charms the mind, and he lives in the hearts of great souls. He is the god whom the Brahmins (the 'gods on earth') worship, and the meaning of the great Veda.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि महादेव (शिव) के बालक, लोकों के रक्षक को भजता है। वे मोर पर बैठे हैं, उपनिषदों के महावाक्यों का छिपा अर्थ हैं, उनका रूप मन को मोह लेता है, और वे महान लोगों के हृदय में रहते हैं। वे ब्राह्मणों ('पृथ्वी के देवों') के आराध्य देव हैं और महान वेद का भाव हैं।

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  1. मयूराधिरूढम् mayūrādhirūḍham · mounted on the peacock (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: mayūra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 789, col. 2 “a peacock”; adhi-rūḍha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 21, col. 3 “ascended, mounted”
  2. महावाक्यगूढम् mahāvākyagūḍham · hidden in the great sayings (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: mahā-vākya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 800, col. 2 “a great sentence”; gūḍha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 360, col. 3 “covered, hidden, concealed”
  3. मनोहारिदेहम् manohārideham · whose body charms the mind (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: mano-hara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 785, col. 3 “‘heart-stealing,’ taking the fancy, fascinating, attractive, charming, beautiful”; deha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 496, col. 3 “the body”
  4. महच्चित्तगेहम् mahaccittageham · who lives in the hearts of the great (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: mahat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 794, col. 2 “great (in space, time, quantity or degree)”; citta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 395, col. 3 “the heart, mind”; geha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 363, col. 2 “a house, dwelling, habitation”
  5. महीदेवदेवम् mahīdevadevam · god of the Brahmins (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: mahī-deva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 803, col. 3 “a Brāhman”; deva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 492, col. 2 “a deity, god”
  6. महावेदभावम् mahāvedabhāvam · the meaning of the great Veda (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: mahā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 794, col. 3 “in comp. for mahat”; veda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1015, col. 1 “knowledge, true or sacred knowledge or lore”; bhāva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 754, col. 1 “becoming, being”
  7. महादेवबालम् mahādevabālam · child of Mahadeva (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: mahā-deva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 796, col. 2 “‘the gr° deity,’ N. of Rudra or Śiva”; bāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 728, col. 3 “young, childish”
  8. भजे bhaje · "I worship" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: bhaj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 1 “to serve, honour, revere, love, adore”
  9. लोकपालम् lokapālam · protector of the worlds (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: loka-pāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 906, col. 3 “a world-protector, guardian of the w°”

Verse 4

यदा संनिधानं गता मानवा मेभवाम्भोधिपारं गतास्ते तदैव ।इति व्यञ्जयन्सिन्धुतीरे य आस्तेतमीडे पवित्रं पराशक्तिपुत्रम् ॥ ४ ॥

Yada sannidhanam gata manava meBhavambhodhiparam gataste tadaivaIti vyanjayansindhutire ya asteTamide pavitram parashaktiputram

IAST

yadā saṃnidhānaṃ gatā mānavā mebhavāmbhodhipāraṃ gatāste tadaiva |iti vyañjayansindhutīre ya āstetamīḍe pavitraṃ parāśaktiputram || 4 ||

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Our explanation He stays on the shore of the sea, as if to make plain: “Those who come into my presence have crossed the ocean of worldly life at that very moment.” The poet praises him, the holy son of the supreme Shakti (Parvati).

हिंदी अर्थ वे समुद्र के तट पर रहते हैं, मानो यह दिखाने के लिए: “जो मनुष्य मेरे पास आ गए, वे उसी क्षण संसार-सागर के पार पहुँच गए।” कवि उन पवित्र, पराशक्ति (पार्वती) के पुत्र की स्तुति करता है।

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  1. यदा yadā · when (indeclinable) Dictionary: yadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 1 “when, at what time, whenever”
  2. संनिधानम् saṃnidhānam · presence (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: saṃ-nidhāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1146, col. 3 “nearness, vicinity, presence”
  3. गताः gatāḥ · have come (past participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: gata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 347, col. 1 “gone to any state or condition”
  4. मानवाः mānavāḥ · people (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: mānava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 809, col. 3 “a human being, man”
  5. मे me · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  6. भवाम्भोधिपारम् bhavāmbhodhipāram · far shore of the ocean of worldly life (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: bhava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 748, col. 3 “coming into existence, birth, production, origin”; ambho-dhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 84, col. 1 “the ocean”; pāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 619, col. 2 “the further bank or shore”
  7. गताः gatāḥ · have gone (past participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: gata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 347, col. 1 “gone to any state or condition”
  8. ते te · they (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  9. तदा tadā · then (indeclinable) Dictionary: tadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 3 “at that time, then, in that case”
  10. एव eva · at that very time (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
  11. इति iti · thus (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. iti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 1 “in this manner, thus”
  12. व्यञ्जयन् vyañjayan · making plain (present participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: vy-añj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1029, col. 2 “to cause to appear, make clearly visible”
  13. सिन्धुतीरे sindhutīre · on the seashore (compound (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: sindhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1217, col. 1 “ocean, sea”; 2. tīra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 1 “a shore, bank”
  14. यः yaḥ · who (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
  15. आस्ते āste · stays (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 2. ās, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 159, col. 3 “to sit, sit down, rest, lie”
  16. तम् tam · him (pronoun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  17. ईडे īḍe · "I praise" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: īḍ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 170, col. 2 “to praise”
  18. पवित्रम् pavitram · holy (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: pavitra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 611, col. 1 “purifying, averting evil, pure, holy, sacred, sinless, beneficent”
  19. पराशक्तिपुत्रम् parāśaktiputram · son of the supreme Shakti (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 586, col. 1 “better or worse than, superior or inferior to, best or worst, highest, supreme, chief”; śakti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1044, col. 2 “power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy”; putra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 632, col. 3 “a son, child”

Verse 5

यथाब्धेस्तरङ्गा लयं यान्ति तुङ्गा-स्तथैवापदः संनिधौ सेवतां मे ।इतीवोर्मिपङ्क्तीर्नृणां दर्शयन्तंसदा भावये हृत्सरोजे गुहं तम् ॥ ५ ॥

Yathabdhestaranga layam yanti tunga-Stathaivapadah sannidhau sevatam meItivormipanktirnrinam darshayantamSada bhavaye hritsaroje guham tam

IAST

yathābdhestaraṅgā layaṃ yānti tuṅgā-stathaivāpadaḥ saṃnidhau sevatāṃ me |itīvormipaṅktīrnṛṇāṃ darśayantaṃsadā bhāvaye hṛtsaroje guhaṃ tam || 5 ||

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Our explanation As the high waves of the sea sink down on the shore, so the troubles of those who serve him come to an end in his presence: Guha stands there as if showing people this through the rows of waves. The poet always meditates on him in the lotus of the heart.

हिंदी अर्थ जैसे समुद्र की ऊँची लहरें तट पर आकर शांत हो जाती हैं, वैसे ही उनकी सेवा करने वालों की विपत्तियाँ उनके पास आकर मिट जाती हैं: मानो लहरों की पंक्तियों से गुह लोगों को यही दिखाते हैं। कवि उनका सदा हृदय-कमल में ध्यान करता है।

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  1. यथा yathā · as (indeclinable) Dictionary: yathā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 841, col. 2 “in which manner or way, according as, as, like”
  2. अब्धेः abdheḥ · of the sea (noun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: ab-dhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 60, col. 2 “the ocean”
  3. तरङ्गाः taraṅgāḥ · waves (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: taraṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 439, col. 2 “a wave, billow”
  4. लयम् layam · dissolving (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: laya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 903, col. 2 “dissolution”
  5. यान्ति yānti · go to (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 1. yā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 849, col. 1 “to go, proceed, move, walk, set out”
  6. तुङ्गाः tuṅgāḥ · high (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: tuṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 3 “prominent, erect, lofty, high”
  7. तथा tathā · so (indeclinable) Dictionary: tathā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 433, col. 3 “in that manner, so, thus”
  8. एव eva · just (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
  9. आपदः āpadaḥ · troubles (noun (feminine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 2. āpad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 142, col. 3 “calamity, distress”
  10. संनिधौ saṃnidhau · "in my presence" (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: saṃ-nidhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1146, col. 3 “juxtaposition, nearness, vicinity”
  11. सेवताम् sevatām · of those who serve (present participle (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: sev, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1247, col. 1 “to serve, wait or attend upon, honour, obey, worship”
  12. मे me · "me" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  13. इति iti · thus (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. iti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 1 “in this manner, thus”
  14. इव iva · as if (indeclinable) Dictionary: iva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 168, col. 3 “like, in the same manner as”
  15. ऊर्मिपङ्क्तीः ūrmipaṅktīḥ · rows of waves (compound (feminine), accusative plural) Dictionary: ūrmi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 222, col. 3 “a wave, billow”; paṅkti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 574, col. 3 “a row, line”
  16. नृणाम् nṛṇām · to people (noun (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: nṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 567, col. 3 “a man, hero (used also of gods), person; mankind, people (mostly pl.)”
  17. दर्शयन्तम् darśayantam · showing (present participle (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. dṛś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 491, col. 2 “to see, behold, look at, regard, consider”
  18. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  19. भावये bhāvaye · "I meditate on" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 2 “to think about, consider”
  20. हृत्सरोजे hṛtsaroje · in the lotus of the heart (compound (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: hṛd, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1302, col. 2 “the heart (as the seat of feelings and emotions)”; saro-ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1183, col. 1 “a lotus”
  21. गुहम् guham · Guha (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: guha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 360, col. 2 “‘reared in a secret place,’ N. of Skanda (the god; cf. Kārttikeya)”
  22. तम् tam · him (pronoun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”

Verse 6

गिरौ मन्निवासे नरा येऽधिरूढा-स्तदा पर्वते राजते तेऽधिरूढाः ।इतीव ब्रुवन्गन्धशैलाधिरूढःस देवो मुदे मे सदा षण्मुखोऽस्तु ॥ ६ ॥

Girau mannivase nara yedhirudha-Stada parvate rajate tedhirudhahItiva bruvangandhashailadhirudhahSa devo mude me sada shanmukhostu

IAST

girau mannivāse narā ye’dhirūḍhā-stadā parvate rājate te’dhirūḍhāḥ |itīva bruvangandhaśailādhirūḍhaḥsa devo mude me sadā ṣaṇmukho’stu || 6 ||

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Our explanation He stands on the fragrant hill (Gandhashaila), as if saying: “Those who climb the hill where I live have, by that, climbed the silver mountain (Kailasa).” The poet prays that this six-faced god always give him joy.

हिंदी अर्थ वे सुगंधित पर्वत (गंधशैल) पर विराजते हैं, मानो कहते हों: “जो लोग मेरे निवास वाले पर्वत पर चढ़ते हैं, वे मानो चाँदी के पर्वत (कैलास) पर चढ़ गए।” कवि प्रार्थना करता है कि वे छह मुखों वाले देव उसे सदा आनंद दें।

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  1. गिरौ girau · on the hill (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: 3. giri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 355, col. 2 “a mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground”
  2. मन्निवासे mannivāse · "where I live" (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”; ni-vāsa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 559, col. 1 “dwelling-place, abode, house, habitation”
  3. नराः narāḥ · people (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: nara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 3 “a man, a male, a person”
  4. ये ye · who (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
  5. अधिरूढाः adhirūḍhāḥ · have climbed (past participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: adhi-rūḍha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 21, col. 3 “ascended, mounted”
  6. तदा tadā · then (indeclinable) Dictionary: tadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 3 “at that time, then, in that case”
  7. पर्वते parvate · on the mountain (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: parvata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 609, col. 1 “a mountain, mountain-range, height, hill, rock”
  8. राजते rājate · silver (Kailasa) (adjective (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: rājata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 875, col. 2 “silvery, made of silver, silver”
  9. ते te · they (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  10. अधिरूढाः adhirūḍhāḥ · have climbed (past participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: adhi-rūḍha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 21, col. 3 “ascended, mounted”
  11. इति iti · thus (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. iti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 1 “in this manner, thus”
  12. इव iva · as if (indeclinable) Dictionary: iva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 168, col. 3 “like, in the same manner as”
  13. ब्रुवन् bruvan · saying (present participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: brū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 742, col. 1 “to speak, say, tell”
  14. गन्धशैलाधिरूढः gandhaśailādhirūḍhaḥ · standing on the fragrant hill (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: gandha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 345, col. 1 “smell, odour”; śaila, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1089, col. 3 “a rock, crag, hill, mountain”; adhi-rūḍha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 21, col. 3 “ascended, mounted”
  15. सः saḥ · he (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  16. देवः devaḥ · god (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: deva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 492, col. 2 “a deity, god”
  17. मुदे mude · for joy (noun (feminine), dative singular) Dictionary: 2. mud, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 822, col. 2 “to be merry or glad or happy, rejoice”
  18. मे me · "to me" (pronoun, dative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  19. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  20. षण्मुखः ṣaṇmukhaḥ · the six-faced (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: ṣaṇ-mukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1109, col. 3 “N. of Skanda”
  21. अस्तु astu · may be (imperative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”

Verse 7

महाम्भोधितीरे महापापचोरेमुनीन्द्रानुकूले सुगन्धाख्यशैले ।गुहायां वसन्तं स्वभासा लसन्तंजनार्तिं हरन्तं श्रयामो गुहं तम् ॥ ७ ॥

Mahambhodhitire mahapapachoreMunindranukule sugandhakhyashaileGuhayam vasantam svabhasa lasantamJanartim harantam shrayamo guham tam

IAST

mahāmbhodhitīre mahāpāpacoremunīndrānukūle sugandhākhyaśaile |guhāyāṃ vasantaṃ svabhāsā lasantaṃjanārtiṃ harantaṃ śrayāmo guhaṃ tam || 7 ||

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Our explanation On the shore of the great ocean, on the hill called Sugandha ('the fragrant'), which takes away great sins and is dear to the great sages, he lives in a cave, shining with his own light and taking away the pain of people. The verse takes refuge in that Guha.

हिंदी अर्थ महासागर के तट पर, सुगंध नाम के पर्वत पर, जो बड़े पापों को हर लेता है और महान मुनियों को प्रिय है, वे एक गुफा में रहते हैं, अपनी ही ज्योति से चमकते हैं और लोगों का दुख हरते हैं। श्लोक उन गुह की शरण लेता है।

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  1. महाम्भोधितीरे mahāmbhodhitīre · on the shore of the great ocean (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: mahā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 794, col. 3 “in comp. for mahat”; ambho-dhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 84, col. 1 “the ocean”; 2. tīra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 1 “a shore, bank”
  2. महापापचोरे mahāpāpacore · which steals away great sins (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: mahā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 794, col. 3 “in comp. for mahat”; pāpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 618, col. 2 “sin, vice, crime, guilt”; cora, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 400, col. 3 “a thief”
  3. मुनीन्द्रानुकूले munīndrānukūle · kind to the great sages (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: muni, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 823, col. 1 “a saint, sage, seer, ascetic, monk, devotee, hermit”; indra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 166, col. 2 “the god of the atmosphere and sky”; anu-kūla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 31, col. 2 “favourable, agreeable; conformable to; friendly, kind, well-disposed”
  4. सुगन्धाख्यशैले sugandhākhyaśaile · on the hill named Sugandha (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: su-gandha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1222, col. 2 “a fragrant smell, fragrance”; 2. ā-khyā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 129, col. 1 “appellation, name”; śaila, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1089, col. 3 “a rock, crag, hill, mountain”
  5. गुहायाम् guhāyām · in a cave (noun (feminine), locative singular) Dictionary: guhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 360, col. 3 “a hiding-place, cave, cavern”
  6. वसन्तम् vasantam · living (present participle (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 5. vas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 932, col. 2 “to dwell, live, stop (at a place), stay”
  7. स्वभासा svabhāsā · by his own light (compound (feminine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: 1. sva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1275, col. 1 “own, one's own, my own, thy own, his own, her own, our own, their own &c.”; 2. bhās, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 756, col. 1 “light or ray of light, lustre, brightness”
  8. लसन्तम् lasantam · shining (present participle (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. las, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 899, col. 1 “to shine, flash, glitter”
  9. जनार्तिम् janārtim · people's pain (compound (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: jana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 410, col. 1 “creature, living being, man, person, race”; ārti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 149, col. 2 “painful occurrence, pain, injury”
  10. हरन्तम् harantam · taking away (present participle (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: hṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1302, col. 1 “to take away, carry off, seize”
  11. श्रयामः śrayāmaḥ · "we take refuge in" (present, 1st person plural) Dictionary: 1. śri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1098, col. 1 “to go to, approach, resort or have recourse to”
  12. गुहम् guham · Guha (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: guha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 360, col. 2 “‘reared in a secret place,’ N. of Skanda (the god; cf. Kārttikeya)”
  13. तम् tam · that (pronoun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”

Verse 8

लसत्स्वर्णगेहे नृणां कामदोहेसुमस्तोमसंछन्नमाणिक्यमञ्चे ।समुद्यत्सहस्रार्कतुल्यप्रकाशंसदा भावये कार्तिकेयं सुरेशम् ॥ ८ ॥

Lasatsvarnagehe nrinam kamadoheSumastomasanchhannamanikyamancheSamudyatsahasrarkatulyaprakashamSada bhavaye kartikeyam suresham

IAST

lasatsvarṇagehe nṛṇāṃ kāmadohesumastomasaṃchannamāṇikyamañce |samudyatsahasrārkatulyaprakāśaṃsadā bhāvaye kārtikeyaṃ sureśam || 8 ||

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Our explanation In a shining golden house that fulfils people's wishes, on a jewelled couch covered with heaps of flowers, he glows like a thousand rising suns. The poet always meditates on Kartikeya, the lord of the gods.

हिंदी अर्थ लोगों की कामनाएँ पूरी करने वाले चमकते सोने के भवन में, फूलों के ढेरों से ढके रत्न-जड़ित पलंग पर, वे हज़ार उगते सूर्यों के समान चमकते हैं। कवि देवताओं के स्वामी कार्तिकेय का सदा ध्यान करता है।

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  1. लसत्स्वर्णगेहे lasatsvarṇagehe · in a shining golden house (compound (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: 1. las, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 899, col. 1 “to shine, flash, glitter”; svarṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1282, col. 1 “gold”; geha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 363, col. 2 “a house, dwelling, habitation”
  2. नृणाम् nṛṇām · of people (noun (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: nṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 567, col. 3 “a man, hero (used also of gods), person; mankind, people (mostly pl.)”
  3. कामदोहे kāmadohe · which yields wishes (compound (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: kāma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 271, col. 3 “wish, desire, longing”; doha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 499, col. 1 “milking i.e. yielding, granting”
  4. सुमस्तोमसंछन्नमाणिक्यमञ्चे sumastomasaṃchannamāṇikyamañce · on a jewelled couch heaped with flowers (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: suma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1230, col. 2 “a flower”; stoma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1259, col. 2 “a heap, mass”; saṃ-channa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1132, col. 2 “entirely covered or enveloped”; māṇikya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 806, col. 2 “ruby”; mañca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 773, col. 3 “raised seat, dais, throne”
  5. समुद्यत्सहस्रार्कतुल्यप्रकाशम् samudyatsahasrārkatulyaprakāśam · shining like a thousand rising suns (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: sam-ud-i, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1167, col. 2 “to rise (as the sun)”; sahasra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1195, col. 2 “a thousand”; arka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 89, col. 1 “Ved. a ray, flash of lightning, RV. &c.; the sun”; tulya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 451, col. 3 “equal to, of the same kind or class or number or value, similar, comparable, like”; pra-kāśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 653, col. 1 “clearness, brightness, splendour, lustre, light”
  6. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  7. भावये bhāvaye · "I meditate on" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 2 “to think about, consider”
  8. कार्तिकेयम् kārtikeyam · Kartikeya (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: kārttikeya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 275, col. 3 “N. of a son of Śiva and Pārvatī”
  9. सुरेशम् sureśam · lord of the gods (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: sura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1234, col. 2 “a god, divinity, deity”; īśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 171, col. 1 “powerful, supreme; a ruler, master, lord”

Verse 9

रणद्धंसके मञ्जुलेऽत्यन्तशोणेमनोहारिलावण्यपीयूषपूर्णे ।मनःषट्पदो मे भवक्लेशतप्तःसदा मोदतां स्कन्द ते पादपद्मे ॥ ९ ॥

Ranaddhansake manjuletyantashoneManoharilavanyapiyushapurneManahshatpado me bhavakleshataptahSada modatam skanda te padapadme

IAST

raṇaddhaṃsake mañjule’tyantaśoṇemanohārilāvaṇyapīyūṣapūrṇe |manaḥṣaṭpado me bhavakleśataptaḥsadā modatāṃ skanda te pādapadme || 9 ||

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Our explanation The poet prays to Skanda that the bee of his mind, burnt by the troubles of worldly life, may always find joy in Skanda's lotus feet: lovely, deep red, with tinkling anklets, and full of the nectar of charming beauty.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि स्कंद से प्रार्थना करता है कि संसार के कष्टों से तपा उसका मन-रूपी भौंरा सदा उनके चरण-कमलों में आनंद पाए: जो सुंदर हैं, गहरे लाल हैं, जिनमें नूपुर बजते हैं, और जो मन को मोहने वाली सुंदरता के अमृत से भरे हैं।

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  1. रणद्धंसके raṇaddhaṃsake · with tinkling anklets (compound (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: 2. raṇ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 864, col. 2 “to sound, ring, rattle, jingle”; haṃsaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1286, col. 3 “an anklet”
  2. मञ्जुले mañjule · lovely (adjective (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: mañjula, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 774, col. 1 “beautiful, pleasing, lovely, charming”
  3. अत्यन्तशोणे atyantaśoṇe · deep red (compound (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: aty-anta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 16, col. 3 “beyond the proper end or limit; excessive, very great, very strong; endless”; śoṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1091, col. 2 “red, crimson, purple”
  4. मनोहारिलावण्यपीयूषपूर्णे manohārilāvaṇyapīyūṣapūrṇe · full of the nectar of charming beauty (compound (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: mano-hara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 785, col. 3 “‘heart-stealing,’ taking the fancy, fascinating, attractive, charming, beautiful”; lāvaṇya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 900, col. 3 “beauty, loveliness, charm”; 1. pīyūṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 630, col. 1 “nectar”; pūrṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 642, col. 1 “filled, full, filled with or full of (instr. or gen. or comp.), RV. &c. &c.”
  5. मनःषट्पदः manaḥṣaṭpadaḥ · the bee of the mind (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 3 “mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers)”; ṣaṭ-pada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1108, col. 2 “a bee”
  6. मे me · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  7. भवक्लेशतप्तः bhavakleśataptaḥ · burnt by the troubles of worldly life (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: bhava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 748, col. 3 “coming into existence, birth, production, origin”; kleśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 324, col. 1 “pain, affliction, distress, pain from disease, anguish”; tapta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 437, col. 3 “heated, inflamed, hot, made red-hot, refined (gold &c.), fused, melted, molten”
  8. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  9. मोदताम् modatām · may rejoice (imperative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 3. mud, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 822, col. 2 “joy, delight, gladness, happiness (also pl.), RV. &c. &c.”
  10. स्कन्द skanda · O Skanda (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: skanda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1256, col. 1 “‘Attacker,’ N. of Kārttikeya”
  11. ते te · your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  12. पादपद्मे pādapadme · in the lotus feet (compound (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: pāda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 617, col. 1 “the foot (of men and animals)”; padma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 584, col. 2 “a lotus”

Verse 10

सुवर्णाभदिव्याम्बरैर्भासमानांक्वणत्किङ्किणीमेखलाशोभमानाम् ।लसद्धेमपट्टेन विद्योतमानांकटिं भावये स्कन्द ते दीप्यमानाम् ॥ १० ॥

SuvarnabhadivyambarairbhasamanamKvanatkinkinimekhalashobhamanamLasaddhemapattena vidyotamanamKatim bhavaye skanda te dipyamanam

IAST

suvarṇābhadivyāmbarairbhāsamānāṃkvaṇatkiṅkiṇīmekhalāśobhamānām |lasaddhemapaṭṭena vidyotamānāṃkaṭiṃ bhāvaye skanda te dīpyamānām || 10 ||

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Our explanation The poet meditates on Skanda's waist, shining with divine clothes of golden colour, made beautiful by a belt of tinkling little bells, and bright with a band of golden cloth.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि स्कंद की कमर का ध्यान करता है, जो सुनहरे रंग के दिव्य वस्त्रों से चमकती है, बजती हुई घुँघरुओं की करधनी से सुंदर है, और सोने के पट्टे से दमकती है।

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  1. सुवर्णाभदिव्याम्बरैः suvarṇābhadivyāmbaraiḥ · with divine clothes of golden colour (compound (neuter), instrumental plural) Dictionary: su-varṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1236, col. 2 “of a good or beautiful colour, brilliant in hue, bright, golden, yellow”; ābha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 145, col. 1 “like, resembling, appearing”; 2. divya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 479, col. 2 “divine, heavenly, celestial”; ambara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 83, col. 2 “clothes, apparel, garment”
  2. भासमानाम् bhāsamānām · shining (present participle (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. bhās, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 756, col. 1 “light or ray of light, lustre, brightness”
  3. क्वणत्किङ्किणीमेखलाशोभमानाम् kvaṇatkiṅkiṇīmekhalāśobhamānām · made lovely by a belt of tinkling bells (compound (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: kvaṇ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 324, col. 2 “to sound, make any sound, tinkle”; kiṅkiṇī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 282, col. 1 “a small bell”; mekhalā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 831, col. 2 “a girdle, belt”; 1. śubh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1083, col. 1 “look beautiful or handsome, shine”
  4. लसद्धेमपट्टेन lasaddhemapaṭṭena · with a band of shining gold (compound (masculine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: 1. las, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 899, col. 1 “to shine, flash, glitter”; 2. heman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1304, col. 1 “gold”; paṭṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 579, col. 2 “the flat or level surface of anything (cf. lalāṭa-, śilā-)”
  5. विद्योतमानाम् vidyotamānām · gleaming (present participle (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: vi-dyut, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 966, col. 3 “to flash forth, lighten, shine forth”
  6. कटिम् kaṭim · waist (noun (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: kaṭi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 243, col. 3 “the hip, buttocks”
  7. भावये bhāvaye · "I meditate on" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 2 “to think about, consider”
  8. स्कन्द skanda · O Skanda (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: skanda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1256, col. 1 “‘Attacker,’ N. of Kārttikeya”
  9. ते te · your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  10. दीप्यमानाम् dīpyamānām · glowing (present participle (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: dīp, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 481, col. 1 “to blaze, flare, shine”

Verse 11

पुलिन्देशकन्याघनाभोगतुङ्ग-स्तनालिङ्गनासक्तकाश्मीररागम् ।नमस्याम्यहं तारकारे तवोरःस्वभक्तावने सर्वदा सानुरागम् ॥ ११ ॥

Pulindeshakanyaghanabhogatunga-StanalinganasaktakashmiraragamNamasyamyaham tarakare tavorahSvabhaktavane sarvada sanuragam

IAST

pulindeśakanyāghanābhogatuṅga-stanāliṅganāsaktakāśmīrarāgam |namasyāmyahaṃ tārakāre tavoraḥsvabhaktāvane sarvadā sānurāgam || 11 ||

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Our explanation The poet bows to the chest of the enemy of Taraka, reddened with saffron from the embrace of Valli, the daughter of the chief of the hill people (the Pulindas), and always full of love for protecting his devotees.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि तारक के शत्रु के वक्षस्थल को नमस्कार करता है, जो पहाड़ी लोगों (पुलिंदों) के मुखिया की पुत्री वल्ली के आलिंगन से लगे केसर से लाल है, और अपने भक्तों की रक्षा के प्रेम से सदा भरा है।

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  1. पुलिन्देशकन्याघनाभोगतुङ्गस्तनालिङ्गनासक्तकाश्मीररागम् pulindeśakanyāghanābhogatuṅgastanāliṅganāsaktakāśmīrarāgam · red with saffron from embracing the Pulinda princess (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: pulinda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 638, col. 1 “N. of a barbarous tribe”; kanyā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 249, col. 1 “a girl, virgin, daughter”; stana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1257, col. 2 “the female breast”; ā-liṅgana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 153, col. 3 “clasping, embracing”; kāśmīra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 280, col. 3 “saffron”; rāga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 872, col. 1 “any feeling or passion, (esp.) love, affection or sympathy for”
  2. नमस्यामि namasyāmi · "I bow to" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. namasya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 2 “to pay homage, worship, be humble or deferential”
  3. अहम् aham · "I" (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: aham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 124, col. 2 “nom. sg. ‘I,’”
  4. तारकारे tārakāre · O enemy of Taraka (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: tāraka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 444, col. 1 “N. of a Daitya”; 2. a-ri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 87, col. 3 “an enemy”
  5. तव tava · your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  6. उरः uraḥ · chest (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: uras, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 217, col. 2 “the chest, breast, bosom”
  7. स्वभक्तावने svabhaktāvane · in protecting his devotees (compound (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: 1. sva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1275, col. 1 “own, one's own, my own, thy own, his own, her own, our own, their own &c.”; bhakta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 1 “attached or devoted to, loyal, faithful, honouring, worshipping, serving”; avana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 96, col. 1 “favour, preservation, protection”
  8. सर्वदा sarvadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sarvadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1189, col. 2 “always, at all times”
  9. सानुरागम् sānurāgam · full of love (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: anu-rāga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 37, col. 2 “attachment, affection, love, passion”

Verse 12

विधौ कॢप्तदण्डान्स्वलीलाधृताण्डा-न्निरस्तेभशुण्डान्द्विषत्कालदण्डान् ।हतेन्द्रारिषण्डाञ्जगत्त्राणशौण्डा-न्सदा ते प्रचण्डाञ्श्रये बाहुदण्डान् ॥ १२ ॥

Vidhau kliptadandansvaliladhritanda-Nni­ras­te­bha­shun­dand­vi­shat­ka­la­dan­danHa­tend­ra­ri­shan­dan­ja­gatt­ra­na­shaun­da-Nsada te prachandanshraye bahudandan

IAST

vidhau kḷptadaṇḍānsvalīlādhṛtāṇḍā-nnirastebhaśuṇḍāndviṣatkāladaṇḍān |hatendrāriṣaṇḍāñjagattrāṇaśauṇḍā-nsadā te pracaṇḍāñśraye bāhudaṇḍān || 12 ||

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Our explanation The poet always takes refuge in Skanda's mighty arms. They punished Brahma (the creator); they hold up all the worlds in play; they cut off the trunks of the elephant-faced demon (another reading: they put the trunks of elephants to shame); they are the rod of death for enemies; they killed the hosts of Indra's enemies; and they are skilled in protecting the world.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि सदा स्कंद की प्रचंड भुजाओं की शरण लेता है। उन्होंने ब्रह्मा (सृष्टिकर्ता) को दंड दिया; वे खेल-खेल में सारे लोकों को थामे हैं; उन्होंने हाथी-मुख वाले दैत्य की सूँड़ें काट दीं (दूसरा अर्थ: वे हाथियों की सूँड़ों को भी लजा देती हैं); वे शत्रुओं के लिए यम का दंड हैं; उन्होंने इंद्र के शत्रुओं के समूहों को मारा; और वे जगत की रक्षा में कुशल हैं।

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  1. विधौ vidhau · on Brahma (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: 2. vidhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 968, col. 1 “a rule, formula, injunction, ordinance, statute, precept, law, direction”
  2. कॢप्तदण्डान् kḷptadaṇḍān · which dealt punishment (compound (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: kḷpta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 308, col. 3 “arranged, prepared, ready”; daṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 466, col. 2 “a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club”
  3. स्वलीलाधृताण्डान् svalīlādhṛtāṇḍān · which hold up the worlds in play (compound (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: 1. sva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1275, col. 1 “own, one's own, my own, thy own, his own, her own, our own, their own &c.”; līlā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 903, col. 2 “play, sport, diversion, amusement”; dhṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 519, col. 2 “held, borne, maintained, supported, kept, possessed”; aṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 11, col. 3 “an egg”
  4. निरस्तेभशुण्डान् nirastebhaśuṇḍān · which cut off the elephant's trunks (compound (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: nir-asta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 553, col. 1 “cast out or off, expelled”; ibha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 167, col. 3 “an elephant”; śuṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1081, col. 3 “an elephant's trunk”
  5. द्विषत्कालदण्डान् dviṣatkāladaṇḍān · which are Death's rod to enemies (compound (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: dviṣat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 507, col. 1 “hating or detesting, hostile, unfriendly, foe, enemy”; kāla-daṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 278, col. 2 “the staff of death, death”
  6. हतेन्द्रारिषण्डान् hatendrāriṣaṇḍān · which killed the hosts of Indra's enemies (compound (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: hata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1287, col. 2 “smitten, killed, slain”; indra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 166, col. 2 “the god of the atmosphere and sky”; 2. a-ri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 87, col. 3 “an enemy”; ṣaṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1107, col. 3 “a multitude”
  7. जगत्त्राणशौण्डान् jagattrāṇaśauṇḍān · skilled in protecting the world (compound (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: jagat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 408, col. 1 “the world, esp. this world, earth”; trāṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 457, col. 3 “protecting, preserving, protection”; śauṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1093, col. 1 “(ifc.) passionately fond of or devoted to; … skilled in, familiar with”
  8. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  9. ते te · your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  10. प्रचण्डान् pracaṇḍān · mighty (adjective (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: pra-caṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 656, col. 3 “excessively violent, impetuous, furious, fierce, passionate, terrible”
  11. श्रये śraye · "I take refuge in" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. śri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1098, col. 1 “to go to, approach, resort or have recourse to”
  12. बाहुदण्डान् bāhudaṇḍān · staff-like arms (compound (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: bāhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 730, col. 2 “the arm, (esp.) the fore-arm”; daṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 466, col. 2 “a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club”

Verse 13

सदा शारदाः षण्मृगाङ्का यदि स्युःसमुद्यन्त एव स्थिताश्चेत्समन्तात् ।सदा पूर्णबिम्बाः कलङ्कैश्च हीना-स्तदा त्वन्मुखानां ब्रुवे स्कन्द साम्यम् ॥ १३ ॥

Sada sharadah shanmriganka yadi syuhSamudyanta eva sthitashchetsamantatSada purnabimbah kalankaishcha hina-Stada tvanmukhanam bruve skanda samyam

IAST

sadā śāradāḥ ṣaṇmṛgāṅkā yadi syuḥsamudyanta eva sthitāścetsamantāt |sadā pūrṇabimbāḥ kalaṅkaiśca hīnā-stadā tvanmukhānāṃ bruve skanda sāmyam || 13 ||

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Our explanation The poet says that only if six autumn moons were always rising and stood all around, always full and free from every spot, could he call them equal to Skanda's faces.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि कहता है कि यदि शरद ऋतु के छह चंद्रमा सदा उदय होते रहें और चारों ओर स्थित हों, सदा पूर्ण हों और हर कलंक से रहित हों, तभी वह उन्हें स्कंद के मुखों के समान कह सकता है।

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  1. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  2. शारदाः śāradāḥ · autumnal (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: śārada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1066, col. 1 “autumnal”
  3. षण्मृगाङ्काः ṣaṇmṛgāṅkāḥ · six moons (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: ṣaṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1108, col. 1 “six”; mṛgāṅka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 829, col. 1 “the moon”
  4. यदि yadi · if (indeclinable) Dictionary: yadi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 3 “if, in case that”
  5. स्युः syuḥ · were (optative, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
  6. समुद्यन्तः samudyantaḥ · rising (present participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: sam-ud-i, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1167, col. 2 “to rise (as the sun)”
  7. एव eva · just (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
  8. स्थिताः sthitāḥ · standing (past participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: sthita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1264, col. 1 “standing, staying, situated, resting or abiding or remaining in”
  9. चेत् cet · if (indeclinable) Dictionary: ced, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 401, col. 3 “if”
  10. समन्तात् samantāt · all around (indeclinable) Dictionary: sam-anta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1155, col. 1 “on all sides, around”
  11. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  12. पूर्णबिम्बाः pūrṇabimbāḥ · with full discs (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: pūrṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 642, col. 1 “filled, full, filled with or full of (instr. or gen. or comp.), RV. &c. &c.”; bimba, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 731, col. 3 “the fruit of the Momordica Monadelpha”
  13. कलङ्कैः kalaṅkaiḥ · from spots (noun (masculine), instrumental plural) Dictionary: kalaṅka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 260, col. 2 “a stain, spot, mark”
  14. च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
  15. हीनाः hīnāḥ · free (past participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: hīna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1296, col. 3 “bereft or deprived of, free from, devoid or destitute of, without”
  16. तदा tadā · then (indeclinable) Dictionary: tadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 3 “at that time, then, in that case”
  17. त्वन्मुखानाम् tvanmukhānām · of your faces (compound (neuter), genitive plural) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”; mukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 819, col. 3 “the mouth, face, countenance”
  18. ब्रुवे bruve · "I would speak of" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: brū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 742, col. 1 “to speak, say, tell”
  19. स्कन्द skanda · O Skanda (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: skanda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1256, col. 1 “‘Attacker,’ N. of Kārttikeya”
  20. साम्यम् sāmyam · likeness (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: sāmya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1207, col. 2 “equality, evenness”

Verse 14

स्फुरन्मन्दहासैः सहंसानि चञ्च-त्कटाक्षावलीभृङ्गसंघोज्ज्वलानि ।सुधास्यन्दिबिम्बाधराणीशसूनोतवालोकये षण्मुखाम्भोरुहाणि ॥ १४ ॥

Sphuranmandahasaih sahansani chancha-TkatakshavalibhringasanghojjvalaniSudhasyandibimbadharanishasunoTavalokaye shanmukhambhoruhani

IAST

sphuranmandahāsaiḥ sahaṃsāni cañca-tkaṭākṣāvalībhṛṅgasaṃghojjvalāni |sudhāsyandibimbādharāṇīśasūnotavālokaye ṣaṇmukhāmbhoruhāṇi || 14 ||

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Our explanation The poet gazes at the six lotus faces of the son of Shiva. Their gentle smiles are like swans; their quick side glances are like swarms of bees; and their lips, red like the bimba fruit, flow with nectar.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि शिव के पुत्र के छह मुख-कमलों को निहारता है। उनकी मंद मुस्कानें हंसों जैसी हैं; उनकी चंचल तिरछी चितवन भौंरों के झुंड जैसी है; और उनके बिंब फल जैसे लाल होंठों से अमृत बहता है।

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  1. स्फुरन्मन्दहासैः sphuranmandahāsaiḥ · with gleaming gentle smiles (compound (masculine), instrumental plural) Dictionary: 1. sphur, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1270, col. 3 “to flash, glitter, gleam, glisten, twinkle, sparkle”; manda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 787, col. 3 “slow, tardy, moving slowly or softly”; hāsa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1294, col. 2 “mirth, laughter”
  2. सहंसानि sahaṃsāni · with swans (compound (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: 1. haṃsa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1286, col. 1 “a goose, gander, swan, flamingo”
  3. चञ्चत्कटाक्षावलीभृङ्गसंघोज्ज्वलानि cañcatkaṭākṣāvalībhṛṅgasaṃghojjvalāni · bright with bee-swarms of darting side glances (compound (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: cañc, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 382, col. 2 “to leap, jump, move, dangle, be unsteady, shake”; kaṭākṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 243, col. 3 “a glance or side look, a leer”; āvali, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 155, col. 1 “a row, range”; bhṛṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 765, col. 2 “a species of large black bee”; saṃ-gha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1129, col. 3 “multitude, quantity, crowd, host”; uj-jvala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 174, col. 3 “blazing up, luminous, splendid, light”
  4. सुधास्यन्दिबिम्बाधराणि sudhāsyandibimbādharāṇi · whose bimba-red lips flow with nectar (compound (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: 2. su-dhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1225, col. 3 “the beverage of the gods, nectar”; syandin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1273, col. 2 “flowing, running”; bimba, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 731, col. 3 “the fruit of the Momordica Monadelpha”; adhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 19, col. 3 “the lower lip”
  5. ईशसूनो īśasūno · O son of Shiva (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: īśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 171, col. 1 “powerful, supreme; a ruler, master, lord”; 2. sūnu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1240, col. 2 “a son, child, offspring”
  6. तव tava · your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  7. आलोकये ālokaye · "I behold" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: ā-lok, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 154, col. 2 “to look at”
  8. षण्मुखाम्भोरुहाणि ṣaṇmukhāmbhoruhāṇi · the six lotus faces (compound (neuter), accusative plural) Dictionary: ṣaṇ-mukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1109, col. 3 “N. of Skanda”; ambho-ruha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 84, col. 1 “id. (as -ruh, 'water-growing', the lotus)”

Verse 15

विशालेषु कर्णान्तदीर्घेष्वजस्रंदयास्यन्दिषु द्वादशस्वीक्षणेषु ।मयीषत्कटाक्षः सकृत्पातितश्चे-द्भवेत्ते दयाशील का नाम हानिः ॥ १५ ॥

Vishaleshu karnantadirgheshvajasramDayasyandishu dvadashasvikshaneshuMayishatkatakshah sakritpatitashche-Dbhavette dayashila ka nama hanih

IAST

viśāleṣu karṇāntadīrgheṣvajasraṃdayāsyandiṣu dvādaśasvīkṣaṇeṣu |mayīṣatkaṭākṣaḥ sakṛtpātitaśce-dbhavette dayāśīla kā nāma hāniḥ || 15 ||

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Our explanation Skanda's twelve eyes are wide, long to the ears, and always flowing with mercy. The poet asks the kind one: if one side glance from them falls on him even once, what would Skanda lose?

हिंदी अर्थ स्कंद के बारह नेत्र विशाल हैं, कानों तक लंबे हैं, और उनसे सदा दया बहती है। कवि दयालु प्रभु से पूछता है: यदि उनकी एक तिरछी दृष्टि एक बार भी उस पर पड़ जाए, तो उनकी क्या हानि होगी?

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  1. विशालेषु viśāleṣu · wide (adjective (neuter), locative plural) Dictionary: viśāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 990, col. 1 “spacious, extensive, broad, wide, large”
  2. कर्णान्तदीर्घेषु karṇāntadīrgheṣu · long to the ears (compound (neuter), locative plural) Dictionary: karṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 256, col. 2 “the ear”; anta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 3 “end, limit, boundary, term”; dīrgha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 481, col. 3 “long”
  3. अजस्रम् ajasram · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: a-jasra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 10, col. 1 “not to be obstructed, perpetual”
  4. दयास्यन्दिषु dayāsyandiṣu · flowing with mercy (compound (neuter), locative plural) Dictionary: dayā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 469, col. 3 “sympathy, compassion, pity”; syandin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1273, col. 2 “flowing, running”
  5. द्वादशसु dvādaśasu · twelve (numeral (neuter), locative plural) Dictionary: dvā-daśan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 503, col. 3 “twelve”
  6. ईक्षणेषु īkṣaṇeṣu · in the eyes (noun (neuter), locative plural) Dictionary: īkṣaṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 170, col. 1 “a look, view, aspect, sight”
  7. मयि mayi · "on me" (pronoun, locative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  8. ईषत्कटाक्षः īṣatkaṭākṣaḥ · a slight side glance (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. īṣat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 171, col. 2 “a little, slightly”; kaṭākṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 243, col. 3 “a glance or side look, a leer”
  9. सकृत् sakṛt · once (indeclinable) Dictionary: sa-kṛt, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1124, col. 3 “once”
  10. पातितः pātitaḥ · cast (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: pātita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 616, col. 3 “made to fall, felled”
  11. चेत् cet · if (indeclinable) Dictionary: ced, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 401, col. 3 “if”
  12. भवेत् bhavet · would be (optative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 761, col. 1 “the earth”
  13. ते te · to you (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  14. दयाशील dayāśīla · O kind one (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: dayā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 469, col. 3 “sympathy, compassion, pity”; śīla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1079, col. 1 “habit, custom, usage, natural or acquired way of living or acting, practice”
  15. का kā · what (pronoun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. ka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 240, col. 2 “who? which? what?”
  16. नाम nāma · pray (indeclinable) Dictionary: nāman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 536, col. 2 “name, appellation”
  17. हानिः hāniḥ · loss (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: hāni, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1296, col. 2 “abandonment, relinquishment”

Verse 16

सुताङ्गोद्भवो मेऽसि जीवेति षड्धाजपन्मन्त्रमीशो मुदा जिघ्रते यान् ।जगद्भारभृद्भ्यो जगन्नाथ तेभ्यःकिरीटोज्ज्वलेभ्यो नमो मस्तकेभ्यः ॥ १६ ॥

Sutangodbhavo mesi jiveti shaddhaJapanmantramisho muda jighrate yanJagadbharabhridbhyo jagannatha tebhyahKiritojjvalebhyo namo mastakebhyah

IAST

sutāṅgodbhavo me’si jīveti ṣaḍdhājapanmantramīśo mudā jighrate yān |jagadbhārabhṛdbhyo jagannātha tebhyaḥkirīṭojjvalebhyo namo mastakebhyaḥ || 16 ||

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Our explanation Shiva, the Lord, said six times the blessing, “Son, you are born of my own body; live long”, and kissed his heads with joy. The verse bows to those heads, which bear the weight of the world and shine with crowns.

हिंदी अर्थ भगवान शिव ने छह बार यह आशीर्वाद-मंत्र कहा, “पुत्र, तुम मेरे अपने अंग से जन्मे हो, जीते रहो”, और आनंद से उनके सिरों को सूँघा (चूमा)। श्लोक जगत का भार उठाने वाले, मुकुटों से चमकते उन सिरों को नमस्कार करता है।

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  1. सुत suta · O son (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: 2. suta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1219, col. 2 “a son, child”
  2. अङ्गोद्भवः aṅgodbhavaḥ · "born of my body" (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. aṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 7, col. 3 “a limb of the body”; ud-bhava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 190, col. 2 “existence, generation, origin, production, birth”
  3. मे me · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  4. असि asi · you are (present, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
  5. जीव jīva · live (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: jīv, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 422, col. 2 “to live, be or remain alive”
  6. इति iti · thus (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. iti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 1 “in this manner, thus”
  7. षड्धा ṣaḍdhā · six times (indeclinable) Dictionary: ṣaḍ-dhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1109, col. 2 “six-fold, in six ways”
  8. जपन् japan · saying (present participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: jap, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 411, col. 3 “to utter in a low voice, whisper, mutter (esp. prayers or incantations)”
  9. मन्त्रम् mantram · the blessing (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: mantra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 786, col. 1 “a sacred formula addressed to any individual deity (e.g. Om Śivāya namaḥ)”
  10. ईशः īśaḥ · the Lord (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: īśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 171, col. 1 “powerful, supreme; a ruler, master, lord”
  11. मुदा mudā · with joy (noun (feminine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: 2. mud, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 822, col. 2 “to be merry or glad or happy, rejoice”
  12. जिघ्रते jighrate · kisses (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: ghrā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 379, col. 3 “to smell”
  13. यान् yān · which (pronoun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
  14. जगद्भारभृद्भ्यः jagadbhārabhṛdbhyaḥ · to those bearing the world's weight (compound (masculine), dative plural) Dictionary: jagat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 408, col. 1 “the world, esp. this world, earth”; bhāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 753, col. 1 “a burden, load, weight”; bhṛt, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 764, col. 3 “mfn. bearing, carrying, bringing, procuring, possessing, wearing, having, nourishing, supporting, maintaining (only ifc.)”
  15. जगन्नाथ jagannātha · O lord of the world (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: jagan-nātha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 408, col. 2 “world-lord”
  16. तेभ्यः tebhyaḥ · to those (pronoun (masculine), dative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  17. किरीटोज्ज्वलेभ्यः kirīṭojjvalebhyaḥ · bright with crowns (compound (masculine), dative plural) Dictionary: kirīṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 284, col. 1 “a diadem, crest, tiara”; uj-jvala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 174, col. 3 “blazing up, luminous, splendid, light”
  18. नमः namaḥ · salutation (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: namas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 1 “bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration”
  19. मस्तकेभ्यः mastakebhyaḥ · to the heads (noun (masculine), dative plural) Dictionary: mastaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 793, col. 3 “the head, skull … the upper part of anything, top, summit”

Verse 17

स्फुरद्रत्नकेयूरहाराभिराम-श्चलत्कुण्डलश्रीलसद्गण्डभागः ।कटौ पीतवासाः करे चारुशक्तिःपुरस्तान्ममास्तां पुरारेस्तनूजः ॥ १७ ॥

Sphuradratnakeyuraharabhirama-Shcha­lat­kun­da­lash­ri­la­sad­gan­da­bha­gahKatau pitavasah kare charushaktihPurastanmamastam purarestanujah

IAST

sphuradratnakeyūrahārābhirāma-ścalatkuṇḍalaśrīlasadgaṇḍabhāgaḥ |kaṭau pītavāsāḥ kare cāruśaktiḥpurastānmamāstāṃ purārestanūjaḥ || 17 ||

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Our explanation The poet prays that the son of Shiva stand before him: beautiful with shining jewelled armlets and necklaces, his cheeks bright with swinging earrings, yellow cloth at his waist and the fine spear (shakti) in his hand.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि प्रार्थना करता है कि शिव के पुत्र उसके सामने रहें: चमकते रत्नों के बाजूबंदों और हारों से सुंदर, हिलते कुंडलों की शोभा से दमकते गालों वाले, कमर पर पीला वस्त्र और हाथ में सुंदर शक्ति (भाला) लिए।

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  1. स्फुरद्रत्नकेयूरहाराभिरामः sphuradratnakeyūrahārābhirāmaḥ · lovely with shining jewelled armlets and necklaces (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. sphur, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1270, col. 3 “to flash, glitter, gleam, glisten, twinkle, sparkle”; ratna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 864, col. 2 “a jewel, gem, treasure, precious stone”; keyūra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 309, col. 2 “a bracelet worn on the upper arm”; 1. hāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1289, col. 2 “a garland of pearls, necklace”; abhi-rāma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 68, col. 1 “pleasing, delightful, agreeable, beautiful”
  2. चलत्कुण्डलश्रीलसद्गण्डभागः calatkuṇḍalaśrīlasadgaṇḍabhāgaḥ · whose cheeks shine with swinging earrings (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: cal, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 391, col. 1 “to be moved, stir, tremble, shake, quiver, be agitated”; kuṇḍala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 290, col. 1 “a ring, earring”; 3. śrī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1098, col. 3 “prosperity, welfare, good fortune, success, auspiciousness, wealth, treasure, riches”; 1. las, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 899, col. 1 “to shine, flash, glitter”; gaṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 344, col. 1 “the cheek, whole side of the face including the temple”
  3. कटौ kaṭau · at the waist (noun (feminine), locative singular) Dictionary: kaṭi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 243, col. 3 “the hip, buttocks”
  4. पीतवासाः pītavāsāḥ · wearing yellow cloth (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. pīta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 629, col. 3 “yellow”; 1. vāsas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 947, col. 2 “cloth, clothes, dress, a garment”
  5. करे kare · in the hand (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: 1. kara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 253, col. 1 “‘the doer,’ the hand”
  6. चारुशक्तिः cāruśaktiḥ · with a fine spear (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: cāru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 393, col. 3 “pleasing, lovely, beautiful”; śakti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1044, col. 2 “power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy”
  7. पुरस्तात् purastāt · in front (indeclinable) Dictionary: purastāt, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 634, col. 3 “before, forward, in or from the front”
  8. मम mama · "of me" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  9. आस्ताम् āstām · may stand (imperative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 2. ās, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 159, col. 3 “to sit, sit down, rest, lie”
  10. पुरारेः purāreḥ · of Shiva, enemy of the cities (compound (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. pura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 635, col. 3 “fortress, castle, city, town”; 2. a-ri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 87, col. 3 “an enemy”
  11. तनूजः tanūjaḥ · son (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tanū-ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 435, col. 3 “a son”

Verse 18

इहायाहि वत्सेति हस्तान्प्रसार्या-ह्वयत्यादराच्छंकरे मातुरङ्कात् ।समुत्पत्य तातं श्रयन्तं कुमारंहराश्लिष्टगात्रं भजे बालमूर्तिम् ॥ १८ ॥

Ihayahi vatseti hastanprasarya-Hvayatyadarachchhankare maturankatSamutpatya tatam shrayantam kumaramHarashlishtagatram bhaje balamurtim

IAST

ihāyāhi vatseti hastānprasāryā-hvayatyādarācchaṃkare māturaṅkāt |samutpatya tātaṃ śrayantaṃ kumāraṃharāśliṣṭagātraṃ bhaje bālamūrtim || 18 ||

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Our explanation When Shankara (Shiva) stretches out his hands and calls lovingly, 'Come here, child', the boy leaps from his mother's lap and goes to his father. The poet worships that child form, held in Shiva's embrace.

हिंदी अर्थ जब शंकर (शिव) हाथ फैलाकर प्रेम से पुकारते हैं, 'बेटा, यहाँ आओ', तो बालक माता की गोद से उछलकर पिता के पास जाता है। कवि शिव की गोद में लिपटे उस बाल रूप को भजता है।

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  1. इह iha · here (indeclinable) Dictionary: iha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 169, col. 3 “in this place, here”
  2. आयाहि āyāhi · come (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: ā-yā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 148, col. 3 “to come near or towards”
  3. वत्स vatsa · O child (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: vatsa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 915, col. 3 “voc. vatsa often used as a term of endearment”
  4. इति iti · thus (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. iti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 1 “in this manner, thus”
  5. हस्तान् hastān · hands (noun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: hasta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1294, col. 3 “the hand”
  6. प्रसार्य prasārya · stretching out (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: pra-sṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 698, col. 2 “to stretch out”
  7. आह्वयति āhvayati · calling (present participle (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: ā-hve, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 163, col. 2 “to call near, invite, summon”
  8. आदरात् ādarāt · lovingly (noun (masculine), ablative singular) Dictionary: ā-dara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 138, col. 1 “respect, regard, notice”
  9. शंकरे śaṃkare · when Shankara (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: śaṃ-kara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1054, col. 3 “causing prosperity, auspicious, beneficent … m. N. of Rudra or Śiva”
  10. मातुः mātuḥ · of the mother (noun (feminine), genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. mātṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 807, col. 1 “a mother”
  11. अङ्कात् aṅkāt · from the lap (noun (masculine), ablative singular) Dictionary: aṅka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 7, col. 1 “the lap”
  12. समुत्पत्य samutpatya · leaping up (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: sam-ut-pat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1166, col. 2 “to fly up together, spring up”
  13. तातम् tātam · the father (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: tāta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 441, col. 3 “a term of affection addressed to a junior”
  14. श्रयन्तम् śrayantam · going to (present participle (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. śri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1098, col. 1 “to go to, approach, resort or have recourse to”
  15. कुमारम् kumāram · the boy (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: kumāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 292, col. 1 “N. of Skanda”
  16. हराश्लिष्टगात्रम् harāśliṣṭagātram · whose body Hara embraces (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: hara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1289, col. 1 “taking away, carrying off, removing, destroying”; ā-śliṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 159, col. 1 “adhering, clung to”; gātra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 352, col. 1 “a limb or member of the body”
  17. भजे bhaje · "I worship" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: bhaj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 1 “to serve, honour, revere, love, adore”
  18. बालमूर्तिम् bālamūrtim · the child form (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: bāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 728, col. 3 “young, childish”; mūrti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 824, col. 1 “embodiment, manifestation, incarnation, personification”

Verse 19

कुमारेशसूनो गुह स्कन्द सेना-पते शक्तिपाणे मयूराधिरूढ ।पुलिन्दात्मजाकान्त भक्तार्तिहारिन्प्रभो तारकारे सदा रक्ष मां त्वम् ॥ १९ ॥

Kumareshasuno guha skanda sena-Pate shaktipane mayuradhirudhaPulindatmajakanta bhaktartiharinPrabho tarakare sada raksha mam tvam

IAST

kumāreśasūno guha skanda senā-pate śaktipāṇe mayūrādhirūḍha |pulindātmajākānta bhaktārtihārinprabho tārakāre sadā rakṣa māṃ tvam || 19 ||

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Our explanation The verse calls him by his names: son of Shiva, Guha, Skanda, commander of the army of the gods, bearer of the spear, rider of the peacock, beloved of Valli, the daughter of the hill people, remover of the devotees' pain, lord, enemy of Taraka. It asks him to protect the poet always.

हिंदी अर्थ श्लोक उन्हें उनके नामों से पुकारता है: शिव के पुत्र, गुह, स्कंद, देव-सेना के सेनापति, शक्ति धारण करने वाले, मोर पर बैठे, पहाड़ी लोगों की पुत्री वल्ली के प्रिय, भक्तों का दुख हरने वाले, प्रभु, तारक के शत्रु। वह उनसे कवि की सदा रक्षा करने को कहता है।

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  1. कुमार kumāra · O Kumara (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: kumāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 292, col. 1 “N. of Skanda”
  2. ईशसूनो īśasūno · O son of Shiva (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: īśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 171, col. 1 “powerful, supreme; a ruler, master, lord”; 2. sūnu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1240, col. 2 “a son, child, offspring”
  3. गुह guha · O Guha (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: guha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 360, col. 2 “‘reared in a secret place,’ N. of Skanda (the god; cf. Kārttikeya)”
  4. स्कन्द skanda · O Skanda (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: skanda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1256, col. 1 “‘Attacker,’ N. of Kārttikeya”
  5. सेनापते senāpate · O commander of the army (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: senā-pati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1246, col. 3 “the general of an a°”
  6. शक्तिपाणे śaktipāṇe · O bearer of the spear (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: śakti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1044, col. 2 “power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy”; 2. pāṇi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 615, col. 2 “the hand”
  7. मयूराधिरूढ mayūrādhirūḍha · O rider of the peacock (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: mayūra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 789, col. 2 “a peacock”; adhi-rūḍha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 21, col. 3 “ascended, mounted”
  8. पुलिन्दात्मजाकान्त pulindātmajākānta · O beloved of the Pulinda's daughter (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: pulinda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 638, col. 1 “N. of a barbarous tribe”; ātma-jā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 135, col. 2 “a daughter”; kānta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 270, col. 3 “desired, loved, dear, pleasing, agreeable, lovely, beautiful ...; N. of Kṛishṇa, L.”
  9. भक्तार्तिहारिन् bhaktārtihārin · O remover of the devotees' pain (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: bhakta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 1 “attached or devoted to, loyal, faithful, honouring, worshipping, serving”; ārti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 149, col. 2 “painful occurrence, pain, injury”; hārin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1289, col. 3 “removing, dispelling, destroying”
  10. प्रभो prabho · O lord (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: pra-bhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 684, col. 3 “excelling, mighty, powerful, rich, abundant”
  11. तारकारे tārakāre · O enemy of Taraka (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: tāraka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 444, col. 1 “N. of a Daitya”; 2. a-ri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 87, col. 3 “an enemy”
  12. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  13. रक्ष rakṣa · protect (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. rakṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 859, col. 3 “to guard, watch, take care of, protect”
  14. माम् mām · "me" (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  15. त्वम् tvam · you (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”

Verse 20

प्रशान्तेन्द्रिये नष्टसंज्ञे विचेष्टेकफोद्गारिवक्त्रे भयोत्कम्पिगात्रे ।प्रयाणोन्मुखे मय्यनाथे तदानींद्रुतं मे दयालो भवाग्रे गुह त्वम् ॥ २० ॥

Prashantendriye nashtasanjne vicheshteKaphodgarivaktre bhayotkampigatrePrayanonmukhe mayyanathe tadanimDrutam me dayalo bhavagre guha tvam

IAST

praśāntendriye naṣṭasaṃjñe viceṣṭekaphodgārivaktre bhayotkampigātre |prayāṇonmukhe mayyanāthe tadānīṃdrutaṃ me dayālo bhavāgre guha tvam || 20 ||

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Our explanation The poet thinks of the hour of death: the senses fall still, awareness goes and the body cannot move, phlegm rises in the mouth, the body shakes with fear, and he is about to leave this life with no one to help. He asks kind Guha to come quickly before him then.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि मृत्यु के समय की बात करता है: जब इंद्रियाँ शांत हो जाएँ, चेतना चली जाए और शरीर हिल-डुल न सके, मुख में कफ उठे, शरीर भय से काँपे, और वह बिना किसी सहारे के इस जीवन से जाने को हो। तब वह दयालु गुह से जल्दी सामने आने की प्रार्थना करता है।

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  1. प्रशान्तेन्द्रिये praśāntendriye · when the senses are stilled (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: pra-śānta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 695, col. 1 “tranquillized, calm, quiet, composed”; indriya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 167, col. 2 “faculty of sense, sense, organ of sense”
  2. नष्टसंज्ञे naṣṭasaṃjñe · when awareness is lost (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: naṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 532, col. 1 “lost, disappeared, perished, destroyed”; saṃ-jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1133, col. 3 “a sign, token, signal”
  3. विचेष्टे viceṣṭe · when unable to move (adjective (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: vi-ceṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 950, col. 2 “motionless”
  4. कफोद्गारिवक्त्रे kaphodgārivaktre · when phlegm rises to the mouth (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: kapha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 251, col. 2 “phlegm”; ud-gārin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 187, col. 1 “ejecting, spitting, vomiting”; vaktra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 2 “‘organ of speech,’ the mouth, face”
  5. भयोत्कम्पिगात्रे bhayotkampigātre · when the body shakes with fear (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: bhaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 747, col. 1 “fear, alarm, dread, apprehension”; ut-kampin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 175, col. 3 “shuddering, trembling”; gātra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 352, col. 1 “a limb or member of the body”
  6. प्रयाणोन्मुखे prayāṇonmukhe · when about to depart (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: pra-yāṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 688, col. 1 “setting out, starting, advancing”; un-mukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 194, col. 2 “ready”
  7. मयि mayi · "when I" (pronoun, locative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  8. अनाथे anāthe · without a helper (adjective (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: a-nātha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 27, col. 3 “having no master or protector”
  9. तदानीम् tadānīm · at that time (indeclinable) Dictionary: tadānīm, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 3 “at that time, then”
  10. द्रुतम् drutam · quickly (indeclinable) Dictionary: druta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 502, col. 1 “quick, speedy, swift”
  11. मे me · "of me" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  12. दयालो dayālo · O kind one (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: dayālu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 470, col. 1 “= °yā-vat … -tā, f. pity”
  13. भव bhava · be (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 761, col. 1 “the earth”
  14. अग्रे agre · in front (indeclinable) Dictionary: agra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 6, col. 2 “in front, ahead of, in the beginning, first”
  15. गुह guha · O Guha (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: guha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 360, col. 2 “‘reared in a secret place,’ N. of Skanda (the god; cf. Kārttikeya)”
  16. त्वम् tvam · you (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”

Verse 21

कृतान्तस्य दूतेषु चण्डेषु कोपा-द्दह च्छिन्द्धि भिन्द्धीति मां तर्जयत्सु ।मयूरं समारुह्य मा भैरिति त्वंपुरः शक्तिपाणिर्ममायाहि शीघ्रम् ॥ २१ ॥

Kritantasya duteshu chandeshu kopa-Ddaha chchhinddhi bhinddhiti mam tarjayatsuMayuram samaruhya ma bhairiti tvamPurah shaktipanirmamayahi shighram

IAST

kṛtāntasya dūteṣu caṇḍeṣu kopā-ddaha cchinddhi bhinddhīti māṃ tarjayatsu |mayūraṃ samāruhya mā bhairiti tvaṃpuraḥ śaktipāṇirmamāyāhi śīghram || 21 ||

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Our explanation When the fierce messengers of Death angrily threaten him, saying 'Burn him, cut him, split him', the poet asks Guha to come quickly before him, spear in hand, riding the peacock, and say 'Do not fear'.

हिंदी अर्थ जब मृत्यु के उग्र दूत क्रोध से उसे धमकाएँ, 'जलाओ, काटो, फाड़ो', तब कवि गुह से प्रार्थना करता है कि वे मोर पर चढ़कर, हाथ में शक्ति लिए, 'डरो मत' कहते हुए जल्दी उसके सामने आ जाएँ।

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  1. कृतान्तस्य kṛtāntasya · of Yama, the god of death (noun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: kṛtānta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 303, col. 2 “N. of Yama”
  2. दूतेषु dūteṣu · messengers (noun (masculine), locative plural) Dictionary: dūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 489, col. 2 “a messenger, envoy, ambassador, negotiator”
  3. चण्डेषु caṇḍeṣu · fierce (adjective (masculine), locative plural) Dictionary: caṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 383, col. 1 “fierce, violent, cruel, impetuous, hot, ardent with passion, passionate, angry”
  4. कोपात् kopāt · in anger (noun (masculine), ablative singular) Dictionary: kopa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 313, col. 1 “anger, wrath”
  5. दह daha · burn (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. dah, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 473, col. 2 “to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast”
  6. छिन्द्धि chinddhi · cut (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. chid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 406, col. 2 “to cut off, amputate, cut through”
  7. भिन्द्धि bhinddhi · split (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. bhid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 756, col. 3 “to split, cleave, break”
  8. इति iti · thus (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. iti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 1 “in this manner, thus”
  9. माम् mām · "me" (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  10. तर्जयत्सु tarjayatsu · threatening (present participle (masculine), locative plural) Dictionary: tarj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 440, col. 1 “to threaten”
  11. मयूरम् mayūram · the peacock (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: mayūra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 789, col. 2 “a peacock”
  12. समारुह्य samāruhya · mounting (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: sam-ā-ruh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1162, col. 1 “to ascend or rise to or upon”
  13. मा mā · do not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. mā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 804, col. 1 “not, that not, lest, would that not”
  14. भैः bhaiḥ · fear (aorist, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. bhī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 758, col. 1 “to fear, be afraid of”
  15. इति iti · thus (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. iti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 1 “in this manner, thus”
  16. त्वम् tvam · you (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  17. पुरः puraḥ · before (indeclinable) Dictionary: puras, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 634, col. 2 “in front, in advance, forward”
  18. शक्तिपाणिः śaktipāṇiḥ · spear in hand (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: śakti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1044, col. 2 “power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy”; 2. pāṇi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 615, col. 2 “the hand”
  19. मम mama · "of me" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  20. आयाहि āyāhi · come (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: ā-yā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 148, col. 3 “to come near or towards”
  21. शीघ्रम् śīghram · quickly (indeclinable) Dictionary: śīghra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1077, col. 2 “quick, speedy, swift”

Verse 22

प्रणम्यासकृत्पादयोस्ते पतित्वाप्रसाद्य प्रभो प्रार्थयेऽनेकवारम् ।न वक्तुं क्षमोऽहं तदानीं कृपाब्धेन कार्यान्तकाले मनागप्युपेक्षा ॥ २२ ॥

Pranamyasakritpadayoste patitvaPrasadya prabho prarthayenekavaramNa vaktum kshamoham tadanim kripabdheNa karyantakale managapyupeksha

IAST

praṇamyāsakṛtpādayoste patitvāprasādya prabho prārthaye’nekavāram |na vaktuṃ kṣamo’haṃ tadānīṃ kṛpābdhena kāryāntakāle manāgapyupekṣā || 22 ||

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Our explanation The poet bows again and again, falls at the Lord's feet, seeks his grace and prays many times now, because at that hour he will not be able to speak. He asks the ocean of mercy not to turn away from him even a little at the time of his end.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि अभी बार-बार प्रणाम करता है, प्रभु के चरणों में गिरता है, उनकी कृपा माँगता है और अनेक बार प्रार्थना करता है, क्योंकि उस समय वह बोल नहीं पाएगा। वह कृपासागर से विनती करता है कि अंत समय में वे उसकी ज़रा भी उपेक्षा न करें।

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  1. प्रणम्य praṇamya · bowing (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: pra-ṇam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 659, col. 3 “to bend or bow down before”
  2. असकृत् asakṛt · again and again (indeclinable) Dictionary: a-sakṛt, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 3 “not (only) once, often, repeatedly”
  3. पादयोः pādayoḥ · at the feet (noun (masculine), locative dual) Dictionary: pāda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 617, col. 1 “the foot (of men and animals)”
  4. ते te · your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  5. पतित्वा patitvā · falling (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 2. pat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 580, col. 3 “to fall down or off, alight, descend”
  6. प्रसाद्य prasādya · seeking grace (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: pra-sad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 696, col. 3 “to become satisfied or pleased or glad, be gracious or kind”
  7. प्रभो prabho · O lord (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: pra-bhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 684, col. 3 “excelling, mighty, powerful, rich, abundant”
  8. प्रार्थये prārthaye · "I pray" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: prārth, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 708, col. 3 “to wish or long for, desire”
  9. अनेकवारम् anekavāram · many times (indeclinable) Dictionary: an-eka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 2 “not one, many, much”; 2. vāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 943, col. 3 “a time”
  10. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  11. वक्तुम् vaktum · to speak (infinitive (to do)) Dictionary: vac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 1 “to speak, say, tell, utter, announce”
  12. क्षमः kṣamaḥ · able (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: kṣama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 326, col. 2 “patience, forbearance, indulgence”
  13. अहम् aham · "I" (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: aham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 124, col. 2 “nom. sg. ‘I,’”
  14. तदानीम् tadānīm · at that time (indeclinable) Dictionary: tadānīm, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 3 “at that time, then”
  15. कृपाब्धे kṛpābdhe · O ocean of mercy (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: kṛpā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 305, col. 1 “pity, tenderness, compassion”; ab-dhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 60, col. 2 “the ocean”
  16. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  17. कार्या kāryā · should be shown (gerundive (to be done) (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: kārya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 276, col. 1 “work or business to be done”
  18. अन्तकाले antakāle · at the time of the end (compound (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: anta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 3 “end, limit, boundary, term”; kāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 278, col. 1 “a fixed or right point of time, a space of time, time (in general)”
  19. मनाक् manāk · a little (indeclinable) Dictionary: manāk, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 784, col. 1 “a little, slightly”
  20. अपि api · even (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
  21. उपेक्षा upekṣā · neglect (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: upêkṣā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 215, col. 3 “overlooking, disregard, negligence”

Verse 23

सहस्राण्डभोक्ता त्वया शूरनामाहतस्तारकः सिंहवक्त्रश्च दैत्यः ।ममान्तर्हृदिस्थं मनःक्लेशमेकंन हंसि प्रभो किं करोमि क्व यामि ॥ २३ ॥

Sahasrandabhokta tvaya shuranamaHatastarakah sinhavaktrashcha daityahMamantarhridistham manahkleshamekamNa hansi prabho kim karomi kva yami

IAST

sahasrāṇḍabhoktā tvayā śūranāmāhatastārakaḥ siṃhavaktraśca daityaḥ |mamāntarhṛdisthaṃ manaḥkleśamekaṃna haṃsi prabho kiṃ karomi kva yāmi || 23 ||

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Our explanation Skanda killed Shura (Surapadma), who ruled a thousand worlds, and Taraka, and the lion-faced demon (Simhamukha). The poet asks: will he not destroy the one pain that lives in the poet's heart? What shall the poet do, where shall he go?

हिंदी अर्थ स्कंद ने हज़ार ब्रह्मांडों का भोग करने वाले शूर (शूरपद्म) को, तारक को और सिंह-मुख वाले दैत्य (सिंहमुख) को मारा। कवि पूछता है: क्या वे उसके हृदय में बसे मन के इस एक दुख को नहीं मिटाएँगे? वह क्या करे, कहाँ जाए?

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  1. सहस्राण्डभोक्ता sahasrāṇḍabhoktā · ruler of a thousand worlds (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: sahasra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1195, col. 2 “a thousand”; aṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 11, col. 3 “an egg”; bhoktṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 1 “one who enjoys or eats, enjoyer, eater, experiencer”
  2. त्वया tvayā · by you (pronoun, instrumental singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  3. शूरनामा śūranāmā · named Shura (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: śūra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1086, col. 1 “strong, powerful, valiant, heroic, brave”; nāman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 536, col. 2 “name, appellation”
  4. हतः hataḥ · was killed (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: hata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1287, col. 2 “smitten, killed, slain”
  5. तारकः tārakaḥ · Taraka (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tāraka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 444, col. 1 “N. of a Daitya”
  6. सिंहवक्त्रः siṃhavaktraḥ · lion-faced (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: siṃha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1213, col. 1 “‘the powerful one,’ a lion (also identified with ātman)”; vaktra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 2 “‘organ of speech,’ the mouth, face”
  7. च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
  8. दैत्यः daityaḥ · demon (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: daitya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 497, col. 1 “a son of Diti, a demon”
  9. मम mama · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  10. अन्तर्हृदिस्थम् antarhṛdistham · dwelling deep in the heart (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: antar, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 43, col. 2 “within, between, amongst, in the middle or interior”; hṛd, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1302, col. 2 “the heart (as the seat of feelings and emotions)”; stha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1262, col. 3 “standing, staying, abiding, being situated in”
  11. मनःक्लेशम् manaḥkleśam · pain of mind (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 3 “mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers)”; kleśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 324, col. 1 “pain, affliction, distress, pain from disease, anguish”
  12. एकम् ekam · one (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: eka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 227, col. 3 “one”
  13. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  14. हंसि haṃsi · you destroy (present, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. han, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1287, col. 2 “to smite, slay, hit, kill, mar, destroy”
  15. प्रभो prabho · O lord (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: pra-bhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 684, col. 3 “excelling, mighty, powerful, rich, abundant”
  16. किम् kim · what (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: kim, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 282, col. 2 “what? how? whence? wherefore? why?”
  17. करोमि karomi · "shall I do" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 1 “to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect”
  18. क्व kva · where (indeclinable) Dictionary: kva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 324, col. 2 “na kvacid, nowhere, never, by no means”
  19. यामि yāmi · "shall I go" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. yā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 849, col. 1 “to go, proceed, move, walk, set out”

Verse 24

अहं सर्वदा दुःखभारावसन्नोभवान्दीनबन्धुस्त्वदन्यं न याचे ।भवद्भक्तिरोधं सदा कॢप्तबाधंममाधिं द्रुतं नाशयोमासुत त्वम् ॥ २४ ॥

Aham sarvada duhkhabharavasannoBhavandinabandhustvadanyam na yacheBhavadbhaktirodham sada kliptabadhamMamadhim drutam nashayomasuta tvam

IAST

ahaṃ sarvadā duḥkhabhārāvasannobhavāndīnabandhustvadanyaṃ na yāce |bhavadbhaktirodhaṃ sadā kḷptabādhaṃmamādhiṃ drutaṃ nāśayomāsuta tvam || 24 ||

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Our explanation The poet is always weighed down by the burden of sorrow. The Lord is the friend of the helpless, and the poet asks no one else. He prays to the son of Uma to take away quickly the distress of his mind, which always blocks his devotion and keeps troubling him.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि सदा दुख के भार से दबा है। प्रभु दीनों के बंधु हैं, और कवि किसी और से नहीं माँगता। वह उमा के पुत्र से प्रार्थना करता है कि उसके मन की उस पीड़ा को जल्दी मिटाएँ जो उसकी भक्ति में सदा बाधा बनती है और उसे लगातार सताती है।

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  1. अहम् aham · "I" (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: aham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 124, col. 2 “nom. sg. ‘I,’”
  2. सर्वदा sarvadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sarvadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1189, col. 2 “always, at all times”
  3. दुःखभारावसन्नः duḥkhabhārāvasannaḥ · weighed down by the burden of sorrow (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: duḥkha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 483, col. 2 “uneasiness, pain, sorrow, trouble, difficulty”; bhāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 753, col. 1 “a burden, load, weight”; ava-sanna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 104, col. 3 “sunk down, pressed down”
  4. भवान् bhavān · you (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: bhavat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 749, col. 2 “your honour, your worship, your lordship or ladyship, you”
  5. दीनबन्धुः dīnabandhuḥ · friend of the helpless (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: dīna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 480, col. 3 “depressed, afflicted, timid, sad; miserable, wretched”; bandhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 721, col. 1 “a friend (opp. to ripu)”
  6. त्वदन्यम् tvadanyam · anyone other than you (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”; 2. anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 2 “other, different”
  7. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  8. याचे yāce · "I ask" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: yāc, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 850, col. 2 “to ask, beg, solicit”
  9. भवद्भक्तिरोधम् bhavadbhaktirodham · which blocks devotion to you (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: bhavat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 749, col. 2 “your honour, your worship, your lordship or ladyship, you”; bhakti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 2 “attachment, devotion, fondness for, devotion to”; 2. rodha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 884, col. 2 “the act of stopping, checking, obstructing”
  10. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  11. कॢप्तबाधम् kḷptabādham · which causes trouble (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: kḷpta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 308, col. 3 “arranged, prepared, ready”; bādhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 728, col. 1 “annoyance, pain”
  12. मम mama · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  13. आधिम् ādhim · distress of mind (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. ā-dhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 139, col. 2 “thought, care, anxious reflection, mental agony”
  14. द्रुतम् drutam · quickly (indeclinable) Dictionary: druta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 502, col. 1 “quick, speedy, swift”
  15. नाशय nāśaya · destroy (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 2. naś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 532, col. 1 “to cause to be lost or disappear, drive away, expel, remove, destroy”
  16. उमासुत umāsuta · O son of Uma (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: umā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 217, col. 1 “N. of the daughter of Himavat”; 2. suta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1219, col. 2 “a son, child”
  17. त्वम् tvam · you (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”

Verse 25

अपस्मारकुष्ठक्षयार्शःप्रमेह-ज्वरोन्मादगुल्मादिरोगा महान्तः ।पिशाचाश्च सर्वे भवत्पत्रभूतिंविलोक्य क्षणात्तारकारे द्रवन्ते ॥ २५ ॥

Apasmarakushthakshayarshahprameha-Jvaronmadagulmadiroga mahantahPishachashcha sarve bhavatpatrabhutimVilokya kshanattarakare dravante

IAST

apasmārakuṣṭhakṣayārśaḥprameha-jvaronmādagulmādirogā mahāntaḥ |piśācāśca sarve bhavatpatrabhūtiṃvilokya kṣaṇāttārakāre dravante || 25 ||

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Our explanation The hymn says that when great diseases, such as epilepsy, skin disease, wasting disease, piles, diabetes, fever, madness and tumours, and all evil spirits see the sacred ash given on Skanda's leaf, they run away at once. This is the hymn's own praise of the sacred ash; it is not medical advice.

हिंदी अर्थ यह श्लोक कहता है कि मिर्गी, कुष्ठ, क्षय, बवासीर, प्रमेह, ज्वर, उन्माद, गुल्म जैसे बड़े रोग और सभी पिशाच स्कंद के पत्ते पर दी गई विभूति (पवित्र भस्म) को देखते ही तुरंत भाग जाते हैं। यह विभूति की स्तोत्र की अपनी स्तुति है; यह चिकित्सा की सलाह नहीं है।

The text’s own words about its benefits, not a promise from Pujadeep.

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  1. अपस्मारकुष्ठक्षयार्शःप्रमेहज्वरोन्मादगुल्मादिरोगाः apasmārakuṣṭhakṣayārśaḥpramehajvaronmādagulmādirogāḥ · diseases such as epilepsy, leprosy, piles and fever (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: apa-smāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 53, col. 2 “epilepsy, falling sickness”; kuṣṭha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 297, col. 3 “leprosy”; 3. kṣaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 328, col. 1 “loss, waste, wane, diminution, destruction, decay”; arśas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 93, col. 2 “piles, hemorrhoids”; pra-meha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 686, col. 2 “urinary disease”; jvara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 428, col. 1 “fever of the soul, mental pain, affliction, grief”; un-māda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 194, col. 1 “insanity, madness”; gulma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 360, col. 2 “enlargement of the spleen”; 1. ādi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 136, col. 3 “beginning, commencement; a firstling, first-fruits”; roga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 888, col. 3 “disease, infirmity, sickness”
  2. महान्तः mahāntaḥ · great (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: mahat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 794, col. 2 “great (in space, time, quantity or degree)”
  3. पिशाचाः piśācāḥ · evil spirits (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: piśāca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 628, col. 2 “N. of a class of demons”
  4. च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
  5. सर्वे sarve · all (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”
  6. भवत्पत्रभूतिम् bhavatpatrabhūtim · your sacred ash given on a leaf (compound (feminine), accusative singular) Dictionary: bhavat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 749, col. 2 “your honour, your worship, your lordship or ladyship, you”; patra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 582, col. 1 “a leaf”; bhūti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 762, col. 3 “N. of Vishṇu, MBh.”
  7. विलोक्य vilokya · seeing (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: vi-lok, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 986, col. 1 “to look at or upon”
  8. क्षणात् kṣaṇāt · in a moment (noun (masculine), ablative singular) Dictionary: 1. kṣaṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 324, col. 3 “any instantaneous point of time, instant, twinkling of an eye, moment”
  9. तारकारे tārakāre · O enemy of Taraka (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: tāraka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 444, col. 1 “N. of a Daitya”; 2. a-ri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 87, col. 3 “an enemy”
  10. द्रवन्ते dravante · run away (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 2. dru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 502, col. 1 “to run, hasten, flee”

Verse 26

दृशि स्कन्दमूर्तिः श्रुतौ स्कन्दकीर्ति-र्मुखे मे पवित्रं सदा तच्चरित्रम् ।करे तस्य कृत्यं वपुस्तस्य भृत्यंगुहे सन्तु लीना ममाशेषभावाः ॥ २६ ॥

Drishi skandamurtih shrutau skandakirti-Rmukhe me pavitram sada tachcharitramKare tasya krityam vapustasya bhrityamGuhe santu lina mamasheshabhavah

IAST

dṛśi skandamūrtiḥ śrutau skandakīrti-rmukhe me pavitraṃ sadā taccaritram |kare tasya kṛtyaṃ vapustasya bhṛtyaṃguhe santu līnā mamāśeṣabhāvāḥ || 26 ||

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Our explanation The poet prays that Skanda's form always be in his eyes, Skanda's fame in his ears, Skanda's holy story in his mouth and Skanda's service in his hands; that his body be Skanda's servant; and that all that he is be absorbed in Guha.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि प्रार्थना करता है कि स्कंद का रूप सदा उसकी आँखों में हो, उनका यश उसके कानों में, उनका पवित्र चरित्र उसके मुख में, उनकी सेवा उसके हाथों में; उसका शरीर उनका सेवक हो, और उसके सारे भाव गुह में लीन हो जाएँ।

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  1. दृशि dṛśi · in the eye (noun (feminine), locative singular) Dictionary: 2. dṛś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 491, col. 3 “the eye”
  2. स्कन्दमूर्तिः skandamūrtiḥ · Skanda's form (compound (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: skanda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1256, col. 1 “‘Attacker,’ N. of Kārttikeya”; mūrti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 824, col. 1 “embodiment, manifestation, incarnation, personification”
  3. श्रुतौ śrutau · in the ear (noun (feminine), locative singular) Dictionary: 1. śruti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1101, col. 2 “the ear, organ or power of hearing”
  4. स्कन्दकीर्तिः skandakīrtiḥ · Skanda's fame (compound (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: skanda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1256, col. 1 “‘Attacker,’ N. of Kārttikeya”; kīrti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 285, col. 1 “good report, fame, renown”
  5. मुखे mukhe · in the mouth (noun (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: mukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 819, col. 3 “the mouth, face, countenance”
  6. मे me · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  7. पवित्रम् pavitram · holy (adjective (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: pavitra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 611, col. 1 “purifying, averting evil, pure, holy, sacred, sinless, beneficent”
  8. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  9. तच्चरित्रम् taccaritram · his story (compound (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”; caritra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 390, col. 1 “behaviour, acts, deeds”
  10. करे kare · in the hand (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: 1. kara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 253, col. 1 “‘the doer,’ the hand”
  11. तस्य tasya · his (pronoun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  12. कृत्यम् kṛtyam · work (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: kṛtya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 303, col. 3 “what ought to be done, what is proper or fit, duty, office; action, business, performance”
  13. वपुः vapuḥ · body (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: vapus, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 920, col. 1 “n. form, figure, (esp.) a beautiful form or figure”
  14. तस्य tasya · his (pronoun (masculine), genitive singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  15. भृत्यम् bhṛtyam · servant (adjective (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: bhṛtya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 765, col. 1 “a servant”
  16. गुहे guhe · in Guha (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: guha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 360, col. 2 “‘reared in a secret place,’ N. of Skanda (the god; cf. Kārttikeya)”
  17. सन्तु santu · may be (imperative, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
  18. लीनाः līnāḥ · absorbed (past participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: līna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 903, col. 2 “attached or devoted to, merged in”
  19. मम mama · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
  20. अशेषभावाः aśeṣabhāvāḥ · all states of being (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: a-śeṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 113, col. 3 “without remainder, entire, perfect, all”; bhāva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 754, col. 1 “becoming, being”
2 printings differ

Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

  • The printed edition reads: दृशि स्कन्दमूर्तिः श्रुतौ स्कन्दकीर्ति-
    र्मुखे मे पवित्रं सदा तच्चरित्रम् ।
    करे तस्य कृत्यं वपुस्तस्य भृत्यं
    गृहे सन्तु लीना ममाशेषभावाः ॥ २६ ॥
  • Word The 1911 Srirangam printing reads: गृहे सन्तु लीना ममाशेषभावाः The 1911 base (p. 7, leaf n76) prints गृहे, 'in the house'; the display follows today's common wording गुहे, 'in Guha' (decision 14). The undated Works volume of the same press (archive.org dates it 1910) also has गृहे.

Verse 27

मुनीनामुताहो नृणां भक्तिभाजा-मभीष्टप्रदाः सन्ति सर्वत्र देवाः ।नृणामन्त्यजानामपि स्वार्थदानेगुहाद्देवमन्यं न जाने न जाने ॥ २७ ॥

Muninamutaho nrinam bhaktibhaja-Mabhishtapradah santi sarvatra devahNrinamantyajanamapi svarthadaneGuhaddevamanyam na jane na jane

IAST

munīnāmutāho nṛṇāṃ bhaktibhājā-mabhīṣṭapradāḥ santi sarvatra devāḥ |nṛṇāmantyajānāmapi svārthadāneguhāddevamanyaṃ na jāne na jāne || 27 ||

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Our explanation For sages and for people with devotion, there are gods everywhere who grant what they wish. But the poet says, twice, that he knows no god other than Guha who gives their good even to people of the lowest birth, as society ranked them.

हिंदी अर्थ मुनियों और भक्ति वाले लोगों को मनचाहा देने वाले देवता तो सब जगह हैं। पर कवि दो बार कहता है कि जिन्हें समाज सबसे नीची जाति का मानता था, उन्हें भी उनका हित देने वाला गुह के सिवा कोई दूसरा देवता वह नहीं जानता।

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  1. मुनीनाम् munīnām · for sages (noun (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: muni, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 823, col. 1 “a saint, sage, seer, ascetic, monk, devotee, hermit”
  2. उताहो utāho · or (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. uta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 175, col. 2 “and, also, even, or”
  3. नृणाम् nṛṇām · for people (noun (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: nṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 567, col. 3 “a man, hero (used also of gods), person; mankind, people (mostly pl.)”
  4. भक्तिभाजाम् bhaktibhājām · who have devotion (compound (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: bhakti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 2 “attachment, devotion, fondness for, devotion to”; bhāj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 752, col. 1 “sharing or participating in”
  5. अभीष्टप्रदाः abhīṣṭapradāḥ · who grant what is wished (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: abhīṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 74, col. 3 “wished, desired, dear”; pra-da, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 679, col. 3 “giving, yielding, offering, granting, bestowing”
  6. सन्ति santi · there are (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
  7. सर्वत्र sarvatra · everywhere (indeclinable) Dictionary: sarvatra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1189, col. 2 “everywhere, in every case, always, at all times”
  8. देवाः devāḥ · gods (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: deva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 492, col. 2 “a deity, god”
  9. नृणाम् nṛṇām · for people (noun (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: nṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 567, col. 3 “a man, hero (used also of gods), person; mankind, people (mostly pl.)”
  10. अन्त्यजानाम् antyajānām · of the lowest birth, as society ranked them (noun (masculine), genitive plural) Dictionary: antya-ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 44, col. 3 “of the lowest caste”
  11. अपि api · even (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
  12. स्वार्थदाने svārthadāne · in giving their own good (compound (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: 1. sva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1275, col. 1 “own, one's own, my own, thy own, his own, her own, our own, their own &c.”; artha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 90, col. 3 “aim, purpose”; 1. dāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 474, col. 1 “the act of giving”
  13. गुहात् guhāt · than Guha (noun (masculine), ablative singular) Dictionary: guha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 360, col. 2 “‘reared in a secret place,’ N. of Skanda (the god; cf. Kārttikeya)”
  14. देवम् devam · god (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: deva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 492, col. 2 “a deity, god”
  15. अन्यम् anyam · other (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 2 “other, different”
  16. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  17. जाने jāne · "I know" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
  18. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  19. जाने jāne · "I know" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”

Verse 28

कलत्रं सुता बन्धुवर्गः पशुर्वानरो वाथ नारी गृहे ये मदीयाः ।यजन्तो नमन्तः स्तुवन्तो भवन्तंस्मरन्तश्च ते सन्तु सर्वे कुमार ॥ २८ ॥

Kalatram suta bandhuvargah pashurvaNaro vatha nari grihe ye madiyahYajanto namantah stuvanto bhavantamSmarantashcha te santu sarve kumara

IAST

kalatraṃ sutā bandhuvargaḥ paśurvānaro vātha nārī gṛhe ye madīyāḥ |yajanto namantaḥ stuvanto bhavantaṃsmarantaśca te santu sarve kumāra || 28 ||

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Our explanation The poet prays to Kumara that everyone in his house who belongs to him, wife, children, relatives, cattle, every man and every woman, may worship him, bow to him, praise him and remember him.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि कुमार से प्रार्थना करता है कि उसके घर के सब लोग जो उसके अपने हैं, पत्नी, संतान, बंधु-बांधव, पशु, हर पुरुष और हर स्त्री, उनकी पूजा करें, उन्हें नमन करें, उनकी स्तुति करें और उनका स्मरण करें।

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  1. कलत्रम् kalatram · wife (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: kalatra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 260, col. 3 “a wife, consort”
  2. सुताः sutāḥ · children (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 2. suta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1219, col. 2 “a son, child”
  3. बन्धुवर्गः bandhuvargaḥ · relatives (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: bandhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 721, col. 1 “a friend (opp. to ripu)”; varga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 923, col. 3 “a separate division, class, set, multitude of similar things”
  4. पशुः paśuḥ · cattle (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. paśu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 611, col. 2 “cattle”
  5. वा vā · or (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. vā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 934, col. 2 “ind. or”
  6. नरः naraḥ · man (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: nara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 3 “a man, a male, a person”
  7. वा vā · or (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. vā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 934, col. 2 “ind. or”
  8. अथ atha · or (indeclinable) Dictionary: atha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 17, col. 3 “now; then; moreover”
  9. नारी nārī · woman (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: nārī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 537, col. 1 “a woman, a wife”
  10. गृहे gṛhe · in the house (noun (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: gṛha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 361, col. 3 “a house, habitation, home”
  11. ये ye · who (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
  12. मदीयाः madīyāḥ · "mine" (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: madīya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “my, my own, belonging to me”
  13. यजन्तः yajantaḥ · worshipping (present participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 1. yaj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 838, col. 3 “to worship, adore, honour (esp. with sacrifice or oblations)”
  14. नमन्तः namantaḥ · bowing (present participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: nam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 1 “to bend or bow … to bow to, subject or submit one's self”
  15. स्तुवन्तः stuvantaḥ · praising (present participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 1. stu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1259, col. 1 “to praise, laud, eulogize, extol”
  16. भवन्तम् bhavantam · you (pronoun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: bhavat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 749, col. 2 “your honour, your worship, your lordship or ladyship, you”
  17. स्मरन्तः smarantaḥ · remembering (present participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 2. smṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1271, col. 3 “to remember, recollect, bear in mind, call to mind, think of”
  18. च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
  19. ते te · they (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  20. सन्तु santu · may be (imperative, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
  21. सर्वे sarve · all (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: sarva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 3 “whole, entire, all, every”
  22. कुमार kumāra · O Kumara (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: kumāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 292, col. 1 “N. of Skanda”
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  • Spelling Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: नरो वाथ नारि गृहे ये मदीयाः sanskritdocuments.org writes नारि (short i); one Sanskrit Wikisource page does too, the other has नारी. The 2007 printing (p. 49, leaf n68) and the 1911 base have नारी, which the metre needs. Kept.

Verse 29

मृगाः पक्षिणो दंशका ये च दुष्टा-स्तथा व्याधयो बाधका ये मदङ्गे ।भवच्छक्तितीक्ष्णाग्रभिन्नाः सुदूरेविनश्यन्तु ते चूर्णितक्रौञ्चशैल ॥ २९ ॥

Mrigah pakshino danshaka ye cha dushta-Statha vyadhayo badhaka ye madangeBhavachchhaktitikshnagrabhinnah sudureVinashyantu te churnitakraunchashaila

IAST

mṛgāḥ pakṣiṇo daṃśakā ye ca duṣṭā-stathā vyādhayo bādhakā ye madaṅge |bhavacchaktitīkṣṇāgrabhinnāḥ sudūrevinaśyantu te cūrṇitakrauñcaśaila || 29 ||

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Our explanation The poet asks the breaker of Mount Krauncha that harmful beasts, birds and stinging insects, and the illnesses that trouble his body, be pierced by the sharp tip of Skanda's spear and come to nothing far away.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि क्रौंच पर्वत को चूर करने वाले से प्रार्थना करता है कि हिंसक पशु, पक्षी और डंक मारने वाले कीड़े, और जो रोग उसके शरीर को सताते हैं, वे स्कंद की शक्ति की तीखी नोक से बिंधकर दूर ही नष्ट हो जाएँ।

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  1. मृगाः mṛgāḥ · beasts (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: mṛga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 828, col. 2 “a forest animal or wild beast, game of any kind”
  2. पक्षिणः pakṣiṇaḥ · birds (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: pakṣin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 574, col. 2 “a bird or any winged animal”
  3. दंशकाः daṃśakāḥ · stinging insects (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: daṃśaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 464, col. 3 “biting”
  4. ये ye · which (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
  5. च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
  6. दुष्टाः duṣṭāḥ · harmful (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: duṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 488, col. 3 “spoilt, corrupted”
  7. तथा tathā · so also (indeclinable) Dictionary: tathā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 433, col. 3 “in that manner, so, thus”
  8. व्याधयः vyādhayaḥ · illnesses (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: vy-ādhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1037, col. 1 “disorder, disease, ailment, sickness”
  9. बाधकाः bādhakāḥ · troubling (adjective (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: bādhaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 728, col. 1 “oppressing, harassing, paining”
  10. ये ye · which (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
  11. मदङ्गे madaṅge · "in my body" (compound (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”; 2. aṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 7, col. 3 “a limb of the body”
  12. भवच्छक्तितीक्ष्णाग्रभिन्नाः bhavacchaktitīkṣṇāgrabhinnāḥ · pierced by the sharp tip of your spear (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: bhavat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 749, col. 2 “your honour, your worship, your lordship or ladyship, you”; śakti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1044, col. 2 “power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy”; tīkṣṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 448, col. 3 “sharp, hot, pungent, fiery, acid”; agra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 6, col. 2 “in front, ahead of, in the beginning, first”; bhinna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 757, col. 1 “divided into parts, anything less than a whole”
  13. सुदूरे sudūre · far away (indeclinable) Dictionary: su-dūra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1225, col. 1 “very remote or distant”
  14. विनश्यन्तु vinaśyantu · may perish (imperative, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: vi-naś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 969, col. 2 “to be utterly lost, perish, disappear, vanish”
  15. ते te · they (pronoun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  16. चूर्णितक्रौञ्चशैल cūrṇitakrauñcaśaila · O breaker of Mount Krauncha (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: cūrṇita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 401, col. 2 “= cūrṇī-kṛta (pulverised, smashed)”; krauñca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 323, col. 1 “N. of a mountain”; śaila, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1089, col. 3 “a rock, crag, hill, mountain”

Verse 30

जनित्री पिता च स्वपुत्रापराधंसहेते न किं देवसेनाधिनाथ ।अहं चातिबालो भवान् लोकतातःक्षमस्वापराधं समस्तं महेश ॥ ३० ॥

Janitri pita cha svaputraparadhamSahete na kim devasenadhinathaAham chatibalo bhavan lokatatahKshamasvaparadham samastam mahesha

IAST

janitrī pitā ca svaputrāparādhaṃsahete na kiṃ devasenādhinātha |ahaṃ cātibālo bhavān lokatātaḥkṣamasvāparādhaṃ samastaṃ maheśa || 30 ||

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Our explanation The poet asks the lord of Devasena: do a mother and father not bear with their own son's faults? He is a very small child and Skanda is the father of the world; he asks the great lord to forgive all his faults.

हिंदी अर्थ कवि देवसेना के स्वामी से पूछता है: क्या माता और पिता अपने पुत्र के अपराध नहीं सहते? वह बहुत छोटा बालक है और स्कंद जगत के पिता हैं; वह महेश से अपने सारे अपराध क्षमा करने की प्रार्थना करता है।

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  1. जनित्री janitrī · mother (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: janitrī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 411, col. 1 “a mother”
  2. पिता pitā · father (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: pitṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 626, col. 2 “the fathers, forefathers, ancestors, (esp.) the Pitṛis or deceased ancestors”
  3. च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
  4. स्वपुत्रापराधम् svaputrāparādham · their own son's fault (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. sva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1275, col. 1 “own, one's own, my own, thy own, his own, her own, our own, their own &c.”; putra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 632, col. 3 “a son, child”; apa-rādha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 51, col. 1 “offence, transgression, fault”
  5. सहेते sahete · the two bear with (present, 3rd person dual) Dictionary: 1. sah, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1193, col. 1 “to bear, put up with, endure, suffer, tolerate”
  6. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  7. किम् kim · is it not so? (indeclinable) Dictionary: kim, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 282, col. 2 “what? how? whence? wherefore? why?”
  8. देवसेनाधिनाथ devasenādhinātha · O lord of Devasena (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: deva-senā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 495, col. 1 “the wife of Skanda”; adhi-nātha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 21, col. 2 “a supreme lord, chieftain”
  9. अहम् aham · "I" (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: aham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 124, col. 2 “nom. sg. ‘I,’”
  10. च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
  11. अतिबालः atibālaḥ · a very small child (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: ati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 12, col. 2 “As a prefix ... expresses beyond, over”; bāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 728, col. 3 “young, childish”
  12. भवान् bhavān · you (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: bhavat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 749, col. 2 “your honour, your worship, your lordship or ladyship, you”
  13. लोकतातः lokatātaḥ · father of the world (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: loka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 906, col. 1 “the wide space or world”; tāta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 441, col. 3 “a term of affection addressed to a junior”
  14. क्षमस्व kṣamasva · forgive (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. kṣam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 326, col. 2 “pardon, forgive anything”
  15. अपराधम् aparādham · fault (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: apa-rādha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 51, col. 1 “offence, transgression, fault”
  16. समस्तम् samastam · all (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: sam-asta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1158, col. 1 “whole, all”
  17. महेश maheśa · O great lord (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: mahā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 794, col. 3 “in comp. for mahat”; īśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 171, col. 1 “powerful, supreme; a ruler, master, lord”

Verse 31

नमः केकिने शक्तये चापि तुभ्यंनमश्छाग तुभ्यं नमः कुक्कुटाय ।नमः सिन्धवे सिन्धुदेशाय तुभ्यंपुनः स्कन्दमूर्ते नमस्ते नमोऽस्तु ॥ ३१ ॥

Namah kekine shaktaye chapi tubhyamNamashchhaga tubhyam namah kukkutayaNamah sindhave sindhudeshaya tubhyamPunah skandamurte namaste namostu

IAST

namaḥ kekine śaktaye cāpi tubhyaṃnamaśchāga tubhyaṃ namaḥ kukkuṭāya |namaḥ sindhave sindhudeśāya tubhyaṃpunaḥ skandamūrte namaste namo’stu || 31 ||

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Our explanation The verse offers salutation to Skanda's peacock and spear, to his goat, which once carried him, and to his rooster, the emblem on his banner; to the sea and to the land by the sea; and again and again to Skanda himself.

हिंदी अर्थ श्लोक स्कंद के मोर और शक्ति को, उनके बकरे को, जो कभी उनका वाहन था, और उनके ध्वज के चिह्न मुर्गे को; समुद्र को और समुद्र-तट की भूमि को; और बार-बार स्वयं स्कंद को नमस्कार करता है।

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  1. नमः namaḥ · salutation (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: namas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 1 “bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration”
  2. केकिने kekine · to the peacock (noun (masculine), dative singular) Dictionary: kekin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 308, col. 3 “id. (as kekāvala, a peacock)”
  3. शक्तये śaktaye · to the spear (noun (feminine), dative singular) Dictionary: śakti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1044, col. 2 “power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy”
  4. च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
  5. अपि api · also (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
  6. तुभ्यम् tubhyam · to you (pronoun, dative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  7. नमः namaḥ · salutation (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: namas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 1 “bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration”
  8. छाग chāga · O goat (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: chāga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 405, col. 3 “a he-goat”
  9. तुभ्यम् tubhyam · to you (pronoun, dative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  10. नमः namaḥ · salutation (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: namas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 1 “bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration”
  11. कुक्कुटाय kukkuṭāya · to the rooster (noun (masculine), dative singular) Dictionary: kukkuṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 287, col. 1 “a cock”
  12. नमः namaḥ · salutation (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: namas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 1 “bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration”
  13. सिन्धवे sindhave · to the sea (noun (masculine), dative singular) Dictionary: sindhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1217, col. 1 “ocean, sea”
  14. सिन्धुदेशाय sindhudeśāya · to the land by the sea (compound (masculine), dative singular) Dictionary: sindhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1217, col. 1 “ocean, sea”; deśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 496, col. 2 “point, region, spot, place”
  15. तुभ्यम् tubhyam · to you (pronoun, dative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  16. पुनः punaḥ · again (indeclinable) Dictionary: punar, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 633, col. 2 “again, once more”
  17. स्कन्दमूर्ते skandamūrte · O form of Skanda (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: skanda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1256, col. 1 “‘Attacker,’ N. of Kārttikeya”; mūrti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 824, col. 1 “embodiment, manifestation, incarnation, personification”
  18. नमः namaḥ · salutation (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: namas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 1 “bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration”
  19. ते te · to you (pronoun, dative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  20. नमः namaḥ · salutation (noun (neuter), nominative singular) Dictionary: namas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 1 “bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration”
  21. अस्तु astu · be (imperative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”

Verse 32

जयानन्दभूमञ्जयापारधाम-ञ्जयामोघकीर्ते जयानन्दमूर्ते ।जयानन्दसिन्धो जयाशेषबन्धोजय त्वं सदा मुक्तिदानेशसूनो ॥ ३२ ॥

Jayanandabhumanjayaparadhama-Njayamoghakirte jayanandamurteJayanandasindho jayasheshabandhoJaya tvam sada muktidaneshasuno

IAST

jayānandabhūmañjayāpāradhāma-ñjayāmoghakīrte jayānandamūrte |jayānandasindho jayāśeṣabandhojaya tvaṃ sadā muktidāneśasūno || 32 ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation A verse of victory: victory to him, abundance of bliss; victory, abode of boundless light; victory, one of unfailing fame and form of bliss; victory, ocean of bliss and friend of all; victory always to the son of Shiva, the lord who gives liberation.

हिंदी अर्थ जय का श्लोक: जय हो, हे आनंद की परिपूर्णता; जय हो, हे अपार तेज के धाम; जय हो, हे अचूक कीर्ति वाले, आनंद-मूर्ति; जय हो, हे आनंद के सागर, सबके बंधु; मोक्ष देने वाले ईश (शिव) के पुत्र की सदा जय हो।

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Word by word

  1. जय jaya · be victorious (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  2. आनन्दभूमन् ānandabhūman · O abundance of bliss (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: ā-nanda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 139, col. 3 “happiness, joy, enjoyment”; bhūman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 763, col. 1 “abundance, plenty”
  3. जय jaya · be victorious (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  4. अपारधामन् apāradhāman · O one of boundless light (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: a-pāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 54, col. 2 “boundless, unbounded”; dhāman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 514, col. 3 “dwelling-place, house, abode, domain”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. अमोघकीर्ते amoghakīrte · O one of unfailing fame (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: a-mogha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 83, col. 1 “unerring, unfailing, not vain, efficacious”; kīrti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 285, col. 1 “good report, fame, renown”
  7. जय jaya · be victorious (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  8. आनन्दमूर्ते ānandamūrte · O form of bliss (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: ā-nanda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 139, col. 3 “happiness, joy, enjoyment”; mūrti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 824, col. 1 “embodiment, manifestation, incarnation, personification”
  9. जय jaya · be victorious (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  10. आनन्दसिन्धो ānandasindho · O ocean of bliss (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: ā-nanda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 139, col. 3 “happiness, joy, enjoyment”; sindhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1217, col. 1 “ocean, sea”
  11. जय jaya · be victorious (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  12. अशेषबन्धो aśeṣabandho · O friend of all (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: a-śeṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 113, col. 3 “without remainder, entire, perfect, all”; bandhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 721, col. 1 “a friend (opp. to ripu)”
  13. जय jaya · be victorious (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  14. त्वम् tvam · you (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  15. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  16. मुक्तिदानेशसूनो muktidāneśasūno · O son of the lord who gives liberation (compound (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: mukti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 821, col. 2 “release, liberation, deliverance”; 1. dāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 474, col. 1 “the act of giving”; īśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 171, col. 1 “powerful, supreme; a ruler, master, lord”; 2. sūnu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1240, col. 2 “a son, child, offspring”

Verse 33

भुजंगाख्यवृत्तेन कॢप्तं स्तवं यःपठेद्भक्तियुक्तो गुहं संप्रणम्य ।स पुत्रान्कलत्रं धनं दीर्घमायु-र्लभेत्स्कन्दसायुज्यमन्ते नरः सः ॥ ३३ ॥

Bhujangakhyavrittena kliptam stavam yahPathedbhaktiyukto guham sampranamyaSa putrankalatram dhanam dirghamayu-Rlabhetskandasayujyamante narah sah

IAST

bhujaṃgākhyavṛttena kḷptaṃ stavaṃ yaḥpaṭhedbhaktiyukto guhaṃ saṃpraṇamya |sa putrānkalatraṃ dhanaṃ dīrghamāyu-rlabhetskandasāyujyamante naraḥ saḥ || 33 ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation The hymn says that whoever bows to Guha and recites with devotion this hymn, made in the metre called bhujanga ('the serpent's gait'), gains sons, a wife, wealth and a long life, and at the end becomes one with Skanda. This is the hymn's own claim.

हिंदी अर्थ यह श्लोक कहता है कि जो गुह को प्रणाम करके भुजंग नाम के छंद ('साँप की चाल') में रचे इस स्तोत्र का भक्ति से पाठ करता है, वह पुत्र, पत्नी, धन और लंबी आयु पाता है, और अंत में स्कंद से एक हो जाता है। यह स्तोत्र का अपना कथन है।

The text’s own words about its benefits, not a promise from Pujadeep.

Word by word

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Word by word

  1. भुजंगाख्यवृत्तेन bhujaṃgākhyavṛttena · in the metre called bhujanga (compound (neuter), instrumental singular) Dictionary: bhujaṃga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 759, col. 2 “a serpent, snake, serpent-demon”; 2. ā-khyā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 129, col. 1 “appellation, name”; vṛtta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1009, col. 2 “a metre”
  2. कॢप्तम् kḷptam · made (past participle (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: kḷpta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 308, col. 3 “arranged, prepared, ready”
  3. स्तवम् stavam · hymn (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: stava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1259, col. 1 “praise, eulogy, song of praise, hymn, panegyric, RV. &c. &c.”
  4. यः yaḥ · who (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
  5. पठेत् paṭhet · would recite (optative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: paṭh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 580, col. 1 “to read or repeat aloud, to recite, rehearse”
  6. भक्तियुक्तः bhaktiyuktaḥ · with devotion (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: bhakti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 2 “attachment, devotion, fondness for, devotion to”; yukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 853, col. 2 “yoked or joined or fastened or attached or harnessed”
  7. गुहम् guham · Guha (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: guha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 360, col. 2 “‘reared in a secret place,’ N. of Skanda (the god; cf. Kārttikeya)”
  8. संप्रणम्य saṃpraṇamya · bowing fully (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: pra-ṇam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 659, col. 3 “to bend or bow down before”
  9. सः saḥ · he (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  10. पुत्रान् putrān · sons (noun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: putra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 632, col. 3 “a son, child”
  11. कलत्रम् kalatram · a wife (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: kalatra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 260, col. 3 “a wife, consort”
  12. धनम् dhanam · wealth (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: dhana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 508, col. 2 “wealth, riches, (movable) property, money, treasure”
  13. दीर्घम् dīrgham · long (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: dīrgha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 481, col. 3 “long”
  14. आयुः āyuḥ · life (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: āyus, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 149, col. 1 “life, vital power, vigour, health, duration of life, long life”
  15. लभेत् labhet · would gain (optative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: labh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 896, col. 2 “to gain possession of, obtain, receive”
  16. स्कन्दसायुज्यम् skandasāyujyam · oneness with Skanda (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: skanda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1256, col. 1 “‘Attacker,’ N. of Kārttikeya”; sāyujya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1207, col. 3 “intimate union, communion with”
  17. अन्ते ante · at the end (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: anta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 42, col. 3 “end, limit, boundary, term”
  18. नरः naraḥ · man (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: nara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 3 “a man, a male, a person”
  19. सः saḥ · he (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
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Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

  • Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: सुपुत्रान्कलत्रं धनं दीर्घमायु- sanskritdocuments.org reads सुपुत्रान् ('good sons') for स पुत्रान् ('he … sons'). Sanskrit Wikisource and the 2007 printing (p. 54, leaf n73) agree with the 1911 base. Kept.

Sanskrit text: a reading text, checked against today’s editions; dated by the 1911 Srirangam printing. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. Source and changes

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About the Subrahmanya Bhujangam

The hymn then praises Murugan by the sea and on the "fragrant hill", describes his form from his feet to his six faces and twelve eyes, and recalls Shiva calling the child from his mother's lap. Verses 20 to 22 ask him to come at the hour of death, spear in hand, riding the peacock, and say "Do not fear". The hymn ends with prayers for the family and the household, a request for forgiveness as a child asks a parent, salutations to his peacock, spear, goat and rooster, and a verse of victory. Verses 25 and 33 say what the hymn holds the sacred ash and the recitation give; they are shown as the hymn's own words, and verse 25 is not medical advice.

The printed colophon names it a work of Shankara, and tradition credits it to Adi Shankara. Tradition also holds that he sang it at the Murugan temple of Tiruchendur, on the sea shore in Tamil Nadu; the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham's page on Tiruchendur says so, and the hymn itself speaks of the Lord on the shore of the great ocean.

The text is read from a booklet of Shankara's bhujanga hymns printed by the Sri Vani Vilas Press, Srirangam, in 1911. In one word (verse 26) it follows the wording of today's texts, "absorbed in Guha", where the 1911 booklet prints "in the house"; the booklet's word is listed under the verse.

How to say it

The IAST line writes the printed spelling. The printing writes a nasal before a consonant as a dot (anusvāra): "saṃnidhānaṃ", "saṃchanna", "śaṃkare", "bhujaṃga"; it is said as the nasal of the next letter (sannidhānaṃ, sañchanna, śaṅkare, bhujaṅga). Each line has four groups of short-long-long syllables (bhujaṅga-prayāta); "kḷpta" (verses 12, 24 and 33) has the rare vowel ḷ, said like "klri".

When it is recited

A hymn to Murugan (Subrahmanya, Skanda), for his festivals, such as Skanda Sashti and Thaipusam.

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Who wrote the Subrahmanya Bhujangam?

Traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya.

When is the Subrahmanya Bhujangam recited?

A hymn to Murugan (Subrahmanya, Skanda), for his festivals, such as Skanda Sashti and Thaipusam.

Which text does this page follow?

Sanskrit text: a reading text, checked against today’s editions; dated by the 1911 Srirangam printing. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. See the source

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Dated witness
Bhujanga Stotrani (भुजंगस्तोत्राणि), hymns in the bhujanga metre ascribed to Shankaracharya ('श्रीमच्छंकरभगवत्पादैः विरचितानि') (Sri Vani Vilas Press (श्रीवाणीविलासमुद्रायन्त्रालय), Srirangam, 1911). Public domain. Used only to date the text. The Devanagari on this page is a reading text and is not copied from this printing.
Common wording
In this text, 1 word follows today's common wording, checked against sanskritdocuments.org; Sanskrit Wikisource and Srimathi Lingammal Ramaraju Shastraprathishta Trust, Rajapalayam.
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