Shloka 4
प्रयत: प्रातरुत्थाय यदधीये विशाम्पते । प्राज्जलि: शतरुद्रीयं तन््मे निगदत: शृणु
prayataḥ prātarutthāya yadadhīye viśāmpate | prāñjaliḥ śatarudrīyaṃ tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu prajānātha ||
হে প্রজাপতি-সম রাজন! আমি প্রতিদিন ভোরে উঠে মন-ইন্দ্রিয় সংযত করে, করজোড়ে যে শতরুদ্রিয় জপ ও অধ্যয়ন করি—এখন তা তোমাকে বলছি; শোনো।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes disciplined daily practice: rising at dawn, restraining mind and senses, and approaching sacred recitation with reverence. Ethical strength is presented as rooted in self-control and devotional routine.
Vāyu addresses a ruler (“lord of the people”) and announces that he will relate the Śatarudrīya which he regularly recites each morning with joined palms, setting up an instruction or transmission of a sacred hymn.