Shloka 4
प्रयत: प्रातरुत्थाय यदधीये विशाम्पते । प्राज्जलि: शतरुद्रीयं तन््मे निगदत: शृणु
prayataḥ prātarutthāya yadadhīye viśāmpate | prāñjaliḥ śatarudrīyaṃ tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu prajānātha ||
ಪ್ರಜಾನಾಥನೇ! ನಾನು ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ ಪ್ರಾತಃಕಾಲ ಎದ್ದು, ಮನಸ್ಸು-ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳನ್ನು ನಿಯಂತ್ರಿಸಿ, ಕೈಜೋಡಿಸಿ ಜಪಿಸಿ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಮಾಡುವ ಶತರುದ್ರೀಯವನ್ನು ಈಗ ನಿನಗೆ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ; ಕೇಳು.
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.