DharmaPragya
Mandala 7, Hymn 55
Containing 8 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 7, Hymn 55, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
अ॒मी॒व॒हा वा॑स्तोष्पते॒ विश्वा॑ रू॒पाण्या॑वि॒शन् सखा॑ सु॒शेव॑ एधि नः
"VÂSTOSHPATI, who killest all disease and wearest every form, Be an auspicious Friend to us."
Mandala 7, Hymn 55, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
यद॑र्जुन सारमेय द॒तः पि॑शङ्ग॒ यच्छ॑से वी॑व भ्राजन्त ऋ॒ष्टय॒ उप॒ स्रक्वे॑षु॒ बप्स॑तो॒ नि षु स्व॑प
"When, O bright Son of Saramâ, thou showest, tawny-hued! thy teeth, They gleam like lances' points within thy mouth when thou wouldst bite; go thou to steep."
Mandala 7, Hymn 55, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
स्ते॒नं रा॑य सारमेय॒ तस्क॑रं वा पुनःसर स्तो॒तॄनिन्द्र॑स्य रायसि॒ किम॒स्मान्दु॑च्छुनायसे॒ नि षु स्व॑प
"Saramâ's Son, retrace thy way: bark at the robber and the thief. At Indra's singers barkest thou? Why dust thou seek to terrify us? Go to sleep."
Mandala 7, Hymn 55, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
त्वं सू॑क॒रस्य॑ दर्दृहि॒ तव॑ दर्दर्तु सूक॒रः स्तो॒तॄनिन्द्र॑स्य रायसि॒ किम॒स्मान्दु॑च्छुनायसे॒ नि षु स्व॑प
"Be on thy guard against the boar, and let the boar beware of thee. At Indra's singers barkest thou? Why dost thou seek to terrify us? Go to sleep."
Mandala 7, Hymn 55, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
सस्तु॑ मा॒ता सस्तु॑ पि॒ता सस्तु॒ श्वा सस्तु॑ वि॒श्पतिः॑ स॒सन्तु॒ सर्वे॑ ज्ञा॒तयः॒ सस्त्व॒यम॒भितो॒ जनः॑
"Sleep mother, let the father sleep, sleep dog and master of the house. Let all the kinsmen sleep, sleep all the people who are round about."
Mandala 7, Hymn 55, Verse 6
Verse 6 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
य आस्ते॒ यश्च॒ चर॑ति॒ यश्च॒ पश्य॑ति नो॒ जनः॑ तेषां॒ सं ह॑न्मो अ॒क्षाणि॒ यथे॒दं ह॒र्म्यं तथा॑
"The man who sits, the man who walks, and whosoever looks on us, Of these we closely shut the eyes, even as we closely shut this house."
Mandala 7, Hymn 55, Verse 7
Verse 7 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
स॒हस्र॑शृङ्गो वृष॒भो यः स॑मु॒द्रादु॒दाच॑रत् तेना॑ सह॒स्ये॑ना व॒यं नि जना॑न्त्स्वापयामसि
"The Bull who hath a thousand horns, who rises up from out the sea,– By him the Strong and Mighty One we lull and make the people sleep."
Mandala 7, Hymn 55, Verse 8
Verse 8 of 8
SANSKRIT TEXT
प्रो॒ष्ठे॒श॒या व॑ह्येश॒या नारी॒र्यास्त॑ल्प॒शीव॑रीः स्त्रियो॒ याः पुण्य॑गन्धा॒स्ताः सर्वाः॑ स्वापयामसि
"The women sleeping in the court, lying without, or stretched on beds, The matrons with their odorous sweetsthese, one and all, we lull to sleep."