तथा यते यत्नमतस्तपोजपयमेहितैः । रजनीशमुखो राजा यथा स्यादजरामरः ॥ २१ ॥
tathā yatē yatnamatastapōjapayamēhitaiḥ | rajanīśamukhō rājā yathā syādajarāmaraḥ || 21 ||
Translation
So I shall strive, with effort, by austerity, prayer, restraint and good acts, that the king, his face like the moon, may be free of age and death.
Word by word
- tathā
- so
- yatē
- I shall strive
- yatnam
- with effort
- atas
- (ataḥ) therefore
- tapō
- (tapaḥ) by austerity
- japa
- prayer
- yama
- restraint
- īhitaiḥ
- and good acts
- rajanīśa
- like the moon
- mukhō
- (mukhaḥ) his face
- rājā
- the king
- yathā
- that
- syād
- (syāt) may be
- ajara
- free of age
- amaraḥ
- and death
Meaning
The commentary: from today I shall make such efforts by austerity, recitation, yama and niyama, that this moon-faced king may become ageless and deathless. The means she chooses are those of the spiritual path; the end she seeks with them is worldly.