🪷 ŚB 3.13.42
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Sanskrit
संस्थापयैनां जगतां सतस्थुषां
लोकाय पत्नीमसि मातरं पिता ।
विधेम चास्यै नमसा सह त्वया
यस्यां स्वतेजोऽग्निमिवारणावधा: ॥ ४२ ॥
Transliteration
saṁsthāpayaināṁ jagatāṁ sa-tasthuṣāṁ
lokāya patnīm asi mātaraṁ pitā
vidhema cāsyai namasā saha tvayā
yasyāṁ sva-tejo ’gnim ivāraṇāv adhāḥ
Synonyms
saṁsthāpaya enām — raise this earth; jagatām — both the moving and; sa-tasthuṣām — nonmoving; lokāya — for their residence; patnīm — wife; asi — You are; mātaram — the mother; pitā — the father; vidhema — do we offer; ca — also; asyai — unto the mother; namasā — with all obeisances; saha — along with; tvayā — with You; yasyām — in whom; sva-tejaḥ — by Your own potency; agnim — fire; iva — likened; araṇau — in the araṇi wood; adhāḥ — invested.
Translation
O Lord, for the residential purposes of all inhabitants, both moving and nonmoving, this earth is Your wife, and You are the supreme father. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You, along with mother earth, in whom You have invested Your own potency, just as an expert sacrificer puts fire in the araṇi wood.
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