ककारकूटकीर्त्तनफलम्The fruit of reciting the hymn of ka
Verse 45
बालग्रहादिरोगे च तथा दुःस्वप्नदर्शने । दुस्तरे सलिले वापि पोते वातविपद्गते ॥ ४५ ॥
bālagrahādirōgē ca tathā duḥsvapnadarśanē | dustarē salilē vāpi pōtē vātavipadgatē || 45 ||
Translation
in the illnesses caused by child-seizing spirits and the like, and when seeing evil dreams, in waters hard to cross, or on a ship struck by storm,
Word by word
- bāla
- child
- graha
- seizing spirits
- ādi
- and the like
- rōgē
- in the illnesses
- ca
- and
- tathā
- also
- duḥ
- evil
- svapna
- dreams
- darśanē
- when seeing
- dustarē
- hard to cross
- salilē
- in waters
- vā
- or
- api
- also
- pōtē
- on a ship
- vāta
- by storm
- vipad
- (vipat) struck
- gatē
- come into
Meaning
Bālagraha are the spirits believed to seize and sicken children; the disorders of infancy were attributed to them. Then bad dreams, dangerous waters, a ship caught in a storm. The list covers the whole span of human fears, from the nursery to the sea.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 44.