Verse 7

Akshamalika

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथोवाच ये देवा अन्तरिक्षसदस्तेभ्यो ॐ नमो भगवन्तोऽनुमदन्तु शोभायै । पितरोऽनुमदन्तु शोभायै ज्ञानमयीम् अक्षमालिकाम् ॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । उवाच । ये । देवाः । अन्तरिक्ष-सदः । तेभ्यः । ॐ । नमः । भगवन्तः । अनुमदन्तु । शोभायै । पितरः । अनुमदन्तु । शोभायै । ज्ञान-मयीम् । अक्षा-मालिकाम् ।

IAST Transliteration

atho uvāca ye devā antarikṣa-sadas tebhyo oṃ namo bhagavanto 'numadantu śobhāyai | pitaro 'numadantu śobhāyai jñāna-mayīm akṣa-mālikām ||7||

Translation

ਤਦ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਜੋ ਦੇਵ ਅੰਤਰਿਕਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੱਸਦੇ ਹਨ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ‘ਓਂ’ ਸਮੇਤ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ। ਹੇ ਭਗਵੰਤੋ, ਸ਼ੋਭਾ-ਮੰਗਲ ਲਈ ਅਨੁਮਤੀ ਦਿਓ; ਪਿਤਰ ਵੀ ਸ਼ੋਭਾ-ਮੰਗਲ ਲਈ ਅਨੁਮਤੀ ਦੇਣ—ਇਸ ਗਿਆਨਮਈ ਅਖ਼ਸ਼ਮਾਲਿਕਾ ਨੂੰ।

Academic Translation

Then he said: ‘To those gods who dwell in the midspace—to them (be) reverence, Oṃ. May the venerable ones grant assent for auspiciousness; may the Fathers grant assent for auspiciousness—to this rosary made of knowledge.’

Verse Context

• Upāsanā and Adhikāra (removal of obstacles for sādhana)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: supports the preparatory disciplines (sādhana-catuṣṭaya) that culminate in mahāvākya realization.
• Atharva
• Atharva (late/sectarian; exact śākhā not securely attested) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose