मालाधरी ललाटे च भ्रुवौ रक्षेद् यशस्विनी। त्रिनेत्रा च भ्रुवोर्मध्ये यमघण्टा च नासिके॥
mālādharī lalāṭē ca bhruvau rakṣēd yaśasvinī। trinētrā ca bhruvōrmadhyē yamaghaṇṭā ca nāsikē॥
Translation
May Mālādharī protect my forehead, Yaśasvinī my eyebrows, Trinētrā the space between my eyebrows, and Yamaghaṇṭā my nose.
Word by word
- mālādharī
- Mālādharī (she who holds a garland)
- lalāṭē
- on the forehead
- bhruvau
- the eyebrows
- rakṣēt
- may she protect
- yaśasvinī
- Yaśasvinī (the renowned/famous one)
- trinētrā
- Trinētrā (the three-eyed one)
- bhruvōrmadhyē
- in the space between the eyebrows
- yamaghaṇṭā
- Yamaghaṇṭā (she with the bell of Yama)
- nāsikē
- on the nose
Meaning
This twenty-second core verse continues bodily protection, assigning divine forms to facial features.