EPISODE · Dec 10, 2024 · 8 MIN
Dasakam 093 - Sloka 07
from Nārāyaṇīyaṃ - Learn to Chant
वर्तेय त्यक्तमान: सुखमतिशिशुवन्निस्सहायश्चरेयं कन्याया एकशेषो वलय इव विभो वर्जितान्योन्यघोष: । त्वच्चित्तो नावबुध्यै परमिषुकृदिव क्ष्माभृदायानघोषं गेहेष्वन्यप्रणीतेष्वहिरिव निवसान्युन्दुरोर्मन्दिरेषु ॥७॥वर्तेय त्यक्तमान:will live abandoning the sense of honour and dishonourसुखम्-अति-शिशु-वत्-very happily like a childनिस्सहाय:-चरेयंalone and unaccompanied, will move aboutकन्याया:-एक-शेष:a maiden's one last solitaryवलय इव विभोbangle like, O Lord!वर्जितानि-उन्य-घोष:debarred and without noises (from contacts with the worldly objects)त्वत्-चित्त:in Thee, my mindन-अवबुध्यै परम्-may not know anything beyondइषु-कृत्-इवlike the arrow makerक्ष्माभृत-आयान-घोषंby the king's approaching, announcementगेहेषु-अन्य-प्रणीतेषु-in the houses by others madeअहि:-इव निवसानि-like the snake, may I liveउन्दुरो:-मन्दिरेषुin the rat's hole (houses)Devoid of sense of honour and dishonour, I will live very happily like a child, unaccompanied and all alone, like a solitary bangle on a maiden's wrist, I will move about restricting myself from all other noises of contacts and conflicts. May my mind be absorbed in Thee and not know anything beyond that, like the arrow maker who does not know the announcement of the king's coming. May I live in houses made by others, and so be not attached to any house, like the snake who lives in the holes made by rats.
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Dasakam 093 - Sloka 07
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