sindūrapūrapariśobhitagaṇḍayugmam |
uddaṇḍavighnaparikhaṇḍanacaṇḍadaṇḍaṃ
ākhaṇḍalādisuranāyakabṛndavandyam || 1 ||
- prātaḥat dawn
- smarāmiI call to mind
- gaṇanāthamthe lord of the ganas
- anāthabandhumthe friend of those who have no one
- sindūrapūrapariśobhitagaṇḍayugmamwhose two cheeks are bright with a flood of sindura
- uddaṇḍavighnaparikhaṇḍanacaṇḍadaṇḍamthe fierce rod that smashes the most stubborn obstacles
- ākhaṇḍalādisuranāyakabṛndavandyamto whom Indra and all the lords of the gods bow
anvaya prātaḥ anāthabandhum sindūrapūrapariśobhitagaṇḍayugmam uddaṇḍavighnaparikhaṇḍanacaṇḍadaṇḍam ākhaṇḍalādisuranāyakabṛndavandyam gaṇanātham smarāmi
chandas Vasantatilakā, 14 syllables in each of 4 pādas
prātaḥsmaraṇa calling to mind at dawn — A short set of verses said on waking, before anything else is done. Each verse here opens with the same word, prātaḥ, at dawn.
ākhaṇḍala Indra — The one who breaks things apart, an old name of Indra.
icchānukūlamakhilaṃ ca varaṃ dadānam |
taṃ tundilaṃ dvirasanādhipa yajñasūtraṃ
putraṃ vilāsacaturaṃ śivayoḥ śivāya || 2 ||
- prātaḥat dawn
- namāmiI bow to
- caturānanavandyamānamwhom four-faced Brahma worships
- icchānukūlamjust as it is wanted
- akhilamevery
- caand
- varamboon
- dadānamwho gives
- tamthat
- tundilambig-bellied one
- dvirasanādhipayajñasūtramwhose sacred thread is the king of snakes
- putramthe son
- vilāsacaturamclever at play
- śivayoḥof Shiva and Parvati
- śivāyafor my good
anvaya prātaḥ caturānanavandyamānam icchānukūlam akhilam ca varam dadānam tundilam dvirasanādhipayajñasūtram śivayoḥ vilāsacaturam tam putram śivāya namāmi
chandas Vasantatilakā, 14 syllables in each of 4 pādas
dvirasana the two-tongued one — A snake, for its forked tongue. Its king is Vasuki or Shesha.
śivayoḥ śivāya of Shiva and Parvati, for my good — The line plays on the one word: shivayoh, of the two Shivas, the god and the goddess, and shivaya, for good.
-dāvānalaṃ gaṇavibhuṃ varakuñjarāsyam |
ajñānakānanavināśanahavyavāhaṃ
utsāhavardhanamahaṃ sutamīśvarasya || 3 ||
- prātaḥat dawn
- bhajāmiI worship
- abhayadamthe giver of safety
- khaluindeed
- bhaktaśokadāvānalamthe forest fire that burns up his devotees' grief
- gaṇavibhumthe mighty lord of the ganas
- varakuñjarāsyamwith the face of the best of elephants
- ajñānakānanavināśanahavyavāhamthe fire that destroys the forest of ignorance
- utsāhavardhanamwho makes courage grow
- ahamI
- sutamthe son
- īśvarasyaof the lord
anvaya prātaḥ aham abhayadam bhaktaśokadāvānalam varakuñjarāsyam gaṇavibhum ajñānakānanavināśanahavyavāham utsāhavardhanam īśvarasya sutam khalu bhajāmi
chandas Vasantatilakā, 14 syllables in each of 4 pādas
note He is called fire twice in one verse: once to grief, once to ignorance.
- phalaśrutiḥthe account of what they give
anvaya phalaśrutiḥ
chandas Prose, a heading
prātarutthāya satataṃ yaḥ paṭhetprayataḥ pumān || 4 ||
- ślokatrayamthree verses
- idamthese
- puṇyamholy
- sadāalways
- sāmrājyadāyakambringing sovereignty
- prātaḥat dawn
- utthāyahaving got up
- satatamevery day
- yaḥwhoever
- paṭhetrecites
- prayataḥwith care
- pumāna man
anvaya yaḥ pumān prātaḥ utthāya satatam prayataḥ paṭhet [tasya] idam puṇyam ślokatrayam sadā sāmrājyadāyakam
chandas Anuṣṭubh (śloka), 8 syllables in each of 4 pādas