Shloka 12

Devanagari script

पातु त्वां वरुणो राजा सलिले सलिलेश्वर: । अन्तरिक्षे5न्तरिक्षस्थ: पवन: सर्वगस्तथा,“जलमें उसके स्वामी राजा वरुण तेरी रक्षा करें। अन्तरिक्षमें वहाँ रहनेवाले सर्वगामी वायुदेव तेरी रक्षा करें

Transliteration

pātu tvāṁ varuṇo rājā salile salileśvaraḥ | antarikṣe 'ntarikṣasthaḥ pavanaḥ sarvagas tathā ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «В воде да хранит тебя царь Варуна, владыка вод; а в поднебесье да хранит тебя бог Ветра — пребывающий в срединном пространстве и всюду проходящий — так же и в небесах.»

Word by Word

पातुmay (he) protect

त्वाम्you

वरुणःVaruṇa

राजाking

सलिलेin water

सलिलेश्वरःlord of the waters

अन्तरिक्षेin the mid-air/sky

अन्तरिक्षस्थःdwelling in the sky

पवनःwind (Vāyu)

सर्वगःall-going, omnipresent

तथाlikewise/also

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Varuṇa

Pavana (Vāyu)

salila (water)

antarikṣa (mid-air/sky)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Protection is sought by recognizing the proper guardianship of each realm—water under Varuṇa and the sky under Vāyu—suggesting that safety and success come from moving in harmony with the cosmic order (ṛta) and invoking rightful divine oversight.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates a benediction: the speaker invokes Varuṇa to guard the person in water and Pavana (Vāyu) to guard them in the mid-air, implying the person is undertaking movement or peril across different elements and is being ritually or verbally protected.