त्रैलोक्यविजयकवचम्The armour Victory over the Three Worlds
Verse 59
नेत्रे पातु जगद्धात्री कर्णौ रक्षतु शङ्करी । घ्राणं पातु महामाया रसनां सर्वमङ्गला ॥ ५९ ॥
nētrē pātu jagaddhātrī karṇau rakṣatu śaṅkarī | ghrāṇaṁ pātu mahāmāyā rasanāṁ sarvamaṅgalā || 59 ||
Translation
May Jagaddhātrī protect my eyes, Śaṅkarī guard my ears, Mahāmāyā protect my nose, Sarvamaṅgalā my tongue.
Word by word
- nētrē
- eyes
- pātu
- may protect
- jagat
- (jagat) of the world
- dhātrī
- upholder
- karṇau
- ears
- rakṣatu
- may guard
- śaṅkarī
- Śaṅkarī
- ghrāṇaṁ
- nose
- mahāmāyā
- Mahāmāyā
- rasanāṁ
- tongue
- sarva
- all
- maṅgalā
- auspicious
Meaning
The armour moves over the face: the eyes to Jagaddhātrī, "upholder of the world"; the ears to Śaṅkarī, "consort of Śaṅkara"; the nose to Mahāmāyā, "the great power of illusion"; the tongue to Sarvamaṅgalā, "all-auspicious". The names chosen often suit the organ: the tongue that speaks is given to the all-auspicious, so that speech may be auspicious.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 57.