Shloka 185

Agastya Arghya Rite and the Gaurī & Sārasvata Vows

with Origin Narratives and Merit Statements

Devanagari script

एताभिः पाहि चाष्टाभिमूर्तिभिर्मां सरस्वति । एवं संपूज्य गायत्रीं वीणाकमलधारिणीम्

Transliteration

etābhiḥ pāhi cāṣṭābhimūrtibhirmāṃ sarasvati | evaṃ saṃpūjya gāyatrīṃ vīṇākamaladhāriṇīm

Translation

হে সৰস্বতী, তোমাৰ এই আঠ মূৰ্তিৰ দ্বাৰা মোক ৰক্ষা কৰা। এইদৰে বীণা আৰু কমলধাৰিণী গায়ত্ৰীক বিধিপূৰ্বক সম্পূজ্য (পৰৱৰ্তী কৰ্ম কৰিব লাগে)।

Word by Word

• एताभिः: with these
• एताभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (इमाभिः)

• पाहि: protect
• पाहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• अष्टाभिः: with eight
• अष्टाभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-समासानुसार, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्या-विशेषण

• मूर्तिभिः: forms, embodiments
• मूर्तिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सरस्वति: O Sarasvatī
• सरस्वति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adhikarana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (thus/in this manner)

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; उपसर्ग 'सम्'

• गायत्रीम्: Gāyatrī
• गायत्रीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वीणाकमलधारिणीम्: (her) who holds a vīṇā and a lotus
• वीणाकमलधारिणीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीणा (प्रातिपदिक) + कमल (प्रातिपदिक) + धारिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (वीणां कमलं च धारयति इति) विशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified (a devotee/supplicant addressing Sarasvatī/Gāyatrī within the narrative)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: चाष्टाभिः = च + अष्टाभिः; मूर्तिभिर्माम् = मूर्तिभिः + माम्; वीणाकमलधारिणीम् = वीणा + कमल + धारिणीम् (समास).

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Gāyatrī

FAQs

Who is being invoked in this verse—Sarasvatī or Gāyatrī?

Both appear: the speaker directly addresses Sarasvatī for protection, and then refers to the proper worship of Gāyatrī, described iconographically as bearing a vīṇā and a lotus.

What is meant by “eight forms” (aṣṭa-mūrti) here?

It indicates Sarasvatī’s manifold manifestations or aspects through which she protects the devotee; the verse itself does not list them, implying a known or previously stated set within the ritual or chapter context.

What practice does the verse emphasize?

It emphasizes devotional-ritual worship (upāsanā/saṃpūjā) and seeking divine protection through reverent invocation of the Goddess associated with sacred speech and mantra.