प्रबोधं च जगत्स्वामी नीयतामच्युतो लघु। बोधश्च क्रियतामस्य हन्तुमेतौ महासुरौ ॥ १५ ॥
prabōdhaṁ ca jagatsvāmī nīyatāmacyutō laghu | bōdhaśca kriyatāmasya hantumētau mahāsurau || 15 ||
Translation
Let Acyuta, the lord of the world, be quickly brought to waking, and let awareness be roused in him to slay these two great Asuras.
Word by word
- prabōdham
- waking
- ca
- and
- jagatsvāmī
- the lord of the world
- nīyatām
- let him be brought
- acyutaḥ
- Acyuta (Viṣṇu, the unfallen one)
- laghu
- quickly
- bōdhaḥ
- awareness
- kriyatām
- let it be made
- asya
- in him
- hantum
- to slay
- ētau
- these two
- mahāsurau
- great Asuras
Meaning
The hymn ends with its second request: that Night release Viṣṇu so that he can fight. In the Saptaśatī the Goddess answers at once, leaving Viṣṇu’s body as he wakes. Recited before the Saptaśatī, the hymn asks the same awakening for the reader.