Shloka 4
प्रयत: प्रातरुत्थाय यदधीये विशाम्पते । प्राज्जलि: शतरुद्रीयं तन््मे निगदत: शृणु
prayataḥ prātarutthāya yadadhīye viśāmpate | prāñjaliḥ śatarudrīyaṃ tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu prajānātha ||
اے رعایا کے سردار! میں ہر روز سحر کو اٹھتا ہوں، دل و حواس کو قابو میں رکھتا ہوں، اور ہاتھ باندھ کر شترُدریہ کی تلاوت و مطالعہ کرتا ہوں—اب جو میں بیان کروں، اسے سنو۔
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.