प्रार्थनम्The prayer
Verse 66
यावच्चन्द्रश्च सूर्यश्च यावत् पृथ्वी च सागराः । तावदत्र महादेव स्थिरो भव नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ६६ ॥
yāvaccandraśca sūryaśca yāvat pṛthvī ca sāgarāḥ | tāvadatra mahādēva sthirō bhava namō’stu tē || 66 ||
Translation
"As long as the moon and sun, as long as the earth and oceans last, so long, O Mahādeva, stay firm here. Salutation to you."
Word by word
- yāvac
- (yāvat) as long as
- candraś
- (candraḥ) the moon
- ca
- and
- sūryaś
- (sūryaḥ) the sun
- yāvat
- as long as
- pṛthvī
- the earth
- sāgarāḥ
- the oceans
- tāvad
- (tāvat) so long
- atra
- here
- mahādēva
- O Mahādeva
- sthirō
- (sthiraḥ) firm
- bhava
- be
- namō
- (namaḥ) salutation
- astu
- be
- tē
- to you
Meaning
This is the mantra of fixing. The term it sets is the life of the world itself, which is what makes the liṅga "acala", immovable.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 65.