अनन्तरदिनकृत्यम्The rites of the following day
Verse 90
यावच्चन्द्रश्च सूर्यश्च यावत् पृथ्वी च सागराः । तावन्मे कीर्तिरतुला लोके तिष्ठतु सर्वदा ॥ ९० ॥
yāvaccandraśca sūryaśca yāvat pṛthvī ca sāgarāḥ | tāvanmē kīrtiratulā lōkē tiṣṭhatu sarvadā || 90 ||
Translation
As long as moon and sun, as long as earth and oceans last, so long may my fame stand unequalled in the world for ever.
Word by word
- yāvac
- (yāvat) as long as
- candraś
- (candraḥ) moon
- ca
- and
- sūryaś
- (sūryaḥ) sun
- yāvat
- as long as
- pṛthvī
- earth
- sāgarāḥ
- oceans
- tāvan
- (tāvat) so long
- mē
- my
- kīrtir
- (kīrtiḥ) fame
- atulā
- unequalled
- lōkē
- in the world
- tiṣṭhatu
- may stand
- sarvadā
- for ever
Meaning
Here the builder asks in plain words for what such works have always been hoped to bring. The text puts it in the mantra without embarrassment, in the same terms it used to ask the God to stay.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 89.