Chapter 1 · Devya Kavacham
Verse 37
प्राणापानौ तथा व्यानमुदानं च समानकम्। वज्रहस्ता च मे रक्षेत्प्राणं कल्याणशोभना ॥ ३७ ॥
prāṇāpānau tathā vyānamudānaṁ ca samānakam | vajrahastā ca mē rakṣētprāṇaṁ kalyāṇaśōbhanā || 37 ||
Translation
May Vajrahastā protect my vital airs—prāṇa, apāna, vyāna, udāna, and samāna—and Kalyāṇaśōbhanā protect my life force.
Word by word
- prāṇa
- vital air (outward breath)
- apānau
- vital air (downward breath)
- vyānam
- vital air (pervasive breath)
- udānaṁ
- vital air (upward breath)
- samānakam
- vital air (balancing breath)
- vajrahastā
- Vajrahastā (she who holds a thunderbolt)
- mē
- my
- rakṣēt
- may she protect
- prāṇaṁ
- life force
- kalyāṇaśōbhanā
- Kalyāṇaśōbhanā (she who shines with auspiciousness)
Meaning
This verse assigns Vajrahastā and Kalyāṇaśōbhanā to protect the vital airs and life force.