देवगेहप्रार्थनाThe prayer to the temple
Verse 251
यावत् वसुन्धरा तिष्ठेत् यावदेते धराधराः । यावद्दिवानिशानाथौ तावन्मे वर्ततां कुलम् ॥ २५१ ॥
yāvat vasundharā tiṣṭhēt yāvadētē dharādharāḥ | yāvaddivāniśānāthau tāvanmē vartatāṁ kulam || 251 ||
Translation
"As long as the earth stands, as long as these mountains, as long as the lords of day and night, so long may my family endure."
Word by word
- yāvat
- as long as
- vasundharā
- the earth
- tiṣṭhēt
- stands
- ētē
- these
- dharādharāḥ
- (dharādharāḥ) mountains
- divā
- of day
- niśā
- and night
- nāthau
- the lords
- tāvat
- (tāvat) so long
- mē
- my
- vartatāṁ
- may endure
- kulam
- family
Meaning
The prayer ends with the line's continuance. The commentary glosses "dharādhara", bearer of the earth, as mountain.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Dharādharāḥ: the mountains.