परमात्मा शिरः पातु हृदयं परमेश्वरः । कण्ठं पातु जगत्पाता वदनं सर्वदृग्विभुः ॥ ६७ ॥
paramātmā śiraḥ pātu hṛdayaṁ paramēśvaraḥ | kaṇṭhaṁ pātu jagatpātā vadanaṁ sarvadṛgvibhuḥ || 67 ||
Translation
May the Supreme Self protect my head, the Supreme Lord my heart; may the protector of the world protect my throat, the all-seeing, all-pervading one my face.
Word by word
- paramātmā
- the Supreme Self
- śiraḥ
- the head
- pātu
- may protect
- hṛdayaṁ
- the heart
- paramēśvaraḥ
- the Supreme Lord
- kaṇṭhaṁ
- the throat
- jagatpātā
- the protector of the world
- vadanaṁ
- the face
- sarvadṛgvibhuḥ
- the all-seeing, all-pervading
Meaning
The armour of Brahman, placed on the body part by part.