ब्रह्मानन्तयोर्ध्यानकथनम्The meditations of Brahmā and Ananta
Verse 111
राँ ह्रौँ भ्रौँ ह्रीँ सोमशत्रो शत्रून् विध्वंसय द्वयम् । राहवे नम इत्येष राहोर्मनुरुदाहृतः ॥ १११ ॥
rām̐ hraum̐ bhraum̐ hrīm̐ sōmaśatrō śatrūn vidhvaṁsaya dvayam | rāhavē nama ityēṣa rāhōrmanurudāhṛtaḥ || 111 ||
Translation
Rāṁ hrauṁ bhrauṁ hrīṁ "somaśatro śatrūn", "vidhvaṁsaya" twice, "rāhave namaḥ": this is declared the mantra of Rāhu.
Word by word
- rām̐
- rāṁ
- hraum̐
- hrauṁ
- bhraum̐
- bhrauṁ
- hrīm̐
- hrīṁ
- sōma
- of the Moon
- śatrō
- O enemy
- śatrūn
- the enemies
- vidhvaṁsaya
- destroy
- dvayam
- twice
- rāhavē
- to Rāhu
- namaḥ
- (namaḥ) salutation
- ity
- (iti) thus
- ēṣaḥ
- (eṣaḥ) this
- rāhōḥ
- (rāhoḥ) of Rāhu
- manuḥ
- (manuḥ) the mantra
- udāhṛtaḥ
- (udāhṛtaḥ) is declared
Meaning
Assembled: rāṁ hrauṁ bhrauṁ hrīṁ somaśatro śatrūn vidhvaṁsaya vidhvaṁsaya rāhave namaḥ, "O enemy of the Moon, destroy the enemies, destroy them; salutation to Rāhu". Rāhu is the Moon's enemy because he swallows it at an eclipse.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Rām" and the rest. First he should say rāṁ hrauṁ bhrauṁ hrīṁ "somaśatro śatrūn" (O enemy of Soma, the enemies). Then he should say "vidhvaṁsaya" twice (destroy). Then he should say "rāhave namaḥ" (salutation to Rāhu). Put together, rāṁ hrauṁ bhrauṁ hrīṁ somaśatro śatrūn vidhvaṁsaya vidhvaṁsaya rāhave namaḥ: this is declared, told, to be the mantra of Rāhu.