ककारकूटकीर्त्तनफलम्The fruit of reciting the hymn of ka
Verse 44
अरण्ये प्रान्तरे दुर्गे ग्रहराजभयेऽपि वा । ज्वरदाहे चिरव्याधौ महारोगादिसङ्कुले ॥ ४४ ॥
araṇyē prāntarē durgē graharājabhayē’pi vā | jvaradāhē ciravyādhau mahārōgādisaṅkulē || 44 ||
Translation
in the forest, in open waste land, in a fortress, in fear of the planets or of the king, in burning fever, in long illness, beset by great diseases and the like,
Word by word
- araṇyē
- in the forest
- prāntarē
- in open waste land
- durgē
- in a fortress
- graha
- of the planets
- rāja
- or of the king
- bhayē
- in fear
- api
- even
- vā
- or
- jvara
- of fever
- dāhē
- in the burning
- cira
- long
- vyādhau
- in illness
- mahā
- by great
- rōga
- diseases
- ādi
- and the like
- saṅkulē
- beset
Meaning
More dangers. Prāntara, as the commentary explains, is a stretch of open country without trees or water, a road far from any village; such places were feared. "Fear of the planets" (graha-bhaya) is the dread of malign astrological influence; graha can also mean a possessing spirit. Fever, chronic illness and grave disease follow. The sentence continues.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Prāntare: in a stretch of open country without trees, water and the like, a road far from any village. (This explanation covers verses 44 to 49.)