प्रार्थनम्The prayer
Verse 68
स्थिरा भव जगद्धात्रि सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकारिणि । यावद्दिवानिशानाथौ तावदत्र स्थिरा भव ॥ ६८ ॥
sthirā bhava jagaddhātri sṛṣṭisthityantakāriṇi | yāvaddivāniśānāthau tāvadatra sthirā bhava || 68 ||
Translation
"Be firm, Mother of the world, maker of creation, preservation and the end. As long as the lords of day and night last, so long stay firm here."
Word by word
- sthirā
- firm
- bhava
- be
- jagad
- (jagat) of the world
- dhātri
- Mother
- sṛṣṭi
- of creation
- sthiti
- preservation
- anta
- (anta) and the end
- kāriṇi
- maker
- yāvad
- (yāvat) as long as
- divā
- of day
- niśā
- and night
- nāthau
- the two lords
- tāvad
- (tāvat) so long
- atra
- here
Meaning
The parallel mantra of fixing for the Goddess in the vedī. She is addressed as the power behind the three works of the universe.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 67.