वास्तुराक्षसध्यानम्The meditation of the rākṣasa Vāstu
Verse 62
श्रीसदाशिव उवाच । ध्यानं वच्मि महेशानि श्रूयतां वास्तुरक्षसः । यस्यानुशीलनात् सद्यो नश्यन्ति सकलापदः ॥ ६२ ॥
śrīsadāśiva uvāca | dhyānaṁ vacmi mahēśāni śrūyatāṁ vāsturakṣasaḥ | yasyānuśīlanāt sadyō naśyanti sakalāpadaḥ || 62 ||
Translation
Śrī Sadāśiva said: I shall tell the meditation of the rākṣasa Vāstu; hear it, Maheśānī. By dwelling on it all calamities are destroyed at once.
Word by word
- dhyānaṁ
- the meditation
- vacmi
- I shall tell
- mahēśāni
- Maheśānī
- śrūyatāṁ
- hear it
- vāstu
- Vāstu
- rakṣasaḥ
- (rakṣasaḥ) of the rākṣasa
- yasya
- whose
- anuśīlanāt
- (anuśīlanāt) by dwelling on
- sadyaḥ
- (sadyaḥ) at once
- naśyanti
- are destroyed
- sakala
- all
- āpadaḥ
- (āpadaḥ) calamities
Meaning
Vāstu is called a rākṣasa as well as a daitya: a fierce power who becomes a protector once he is honoured.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Entreated thus, Śrī Sadāśiva said "dhyānam" and the rest.