Shloka 453
ददस्व चक्षूंषि मम प्रियो<हं ते प्रियोडसि मे । आपने मुझे वेदरूपी नेत्रोंसे युक्त बनाया है। आपकी ही कृपासे कालातीत हूँ---मुझपर कालका जोर नहीं चलता। मेरे नेत्ररूप वे वेद दानवोंद्वारा हर लिये गये हैं; अतः मैं अन्धा- सा हो गया हूँ। प्रभो! निद्रा त्यागकर जागिये। मुझे मेरे नेत्र वापस दीजिये; क्योंकि मैं आपका प्रिय भक्त हूँ और आप मेरे प्रियतम स्वामी हैं
dadasva cakṣūṃṣi mama priyo 'haṃ te priyo 'si me | āpane mujhe veda-rūpī netroṃ se yukta banāyā hai | āp kī hī kṛpā se kālātīta hūṃ—mujhpar kāla kā jora nahīṃ caltā | mere netra-rūpa ve veda dānavoṃ dvārā hara liye gaye haiṃ; ataḥ maiṃ andhā-sā ho gayā hūṃ | prabho! nidrā tyāgakar jāgiye | mujhe mere netra vāpas dījiye; kyoṅki maiṃ āpkā priya bhakta hūṃ aur āp mere priyatama svāmī haiṃ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “Give me back my eyes. I am dear to you, and you are dear to me. It was you who endowed me with eyes in the form of the Vedas; by your grace I stand beyond the reach of Time—Time has no dominion over me. But those Vedic ‘eyes’ have been stolen by the Dānavas, and so I have become as one blind. O Lord, cast off sleep and awaken. Restore my eyes to me—for I am your beloved devotee, and you are my most beloved master.”
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True ‘vision’ is knowledge grounded in the Vedas (or sacred wisdom). When that wisdom is lost—through hostile forces, negligence, or inner darkness—one becomes ‘blind’. The verse frames restoration as an act of divine grace, and urges awakening (nidrā-tyāga) as both literal vigilance and spiritual alertness.
A speaker (introduced as Vaiśampāyana) voices a devotee’s plea to the Lord: the Vedas, described as his eyes, have been stolen by Dānavas, leaving him blind. He asks the Lord to awaken and return those ‘eyes’, emphasizing their mutual bond—devotee and beloved master—and the protective power of divine grace even against Kāla (Time).