Shloka 71

Matsya Purana — Navagraha Sacrifice for Planetary Pacification and Prosperity

Devanagari script

यस्मादायासकर्माणि तवाधीनानि सर्वदा लाङ्गलाद्यायुधादीनि तस्माच्छान्तिं प्रयच्छ मे //

Transliteration

yasmādāyāsakarmāṇi tavādhīnāni sarvadā lāṅgalādyāyudhādīni tasmācchāntiṃ prayaccha me //

Translation

Since all toilsome works are always under your control—along with implements such as the plough and other tools and weapons—therefore grant me peace and freedom from harm.

Word by Word

• yasmāt: since/because

• āyāsa-karmāṇi: laborious acts, toilsome works

• tava: of you/under you

• ādhīnāni: dependent, subject, controlled

• sarvadā: always

• lāṅgala-ādi: beginning with the plough (plough etc.)

• āyudha-ādīni: weapons and other implements/tools

• tasmāt: therefore

• śāntim: peace, pacification, alleviation of ill-effects

• prayaccha: bestow, grant

• me: to me

Speaker

• A ritual petitioner/householder (yajamāna) reciting a Shanti prayer (as framed in the Matsya Purana’s instruction)

Entities Mentioned

• Lāṅgala (plough)
• Āyudha (implements/weapons)

Tags

• Shanti
• Ritual
• Vastu Shastra
• Householder Dharma
• Tools

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse does not discuss Pralaya; it is a Shanti-prayer asserting that the forces governing labor and implements are under a higher divine/ritual authority, and it asks for pacification (śānti).

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

For householders (and kings overseeing agriculture and public works), it frames ethical-religious responsibility around safe and auspicious use of tools—especially the plough and implements—seeking śānti to prevent injury, mishap, or inauspicious outcomes in labor.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

Ritually, it functions as a śānti-mantra within a pacification sequence connected to instruments (lāṅgala, āyudha). In Vastu-linked practice, such prayers are used to harmonize human activity (work, building, cultivation) with auspicious order before or during operations involving tools.