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छन्दोदर्शनम
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Salutation to you, Oh Goddess of Speech ! Please speak, salutation to you, who has the power of speech or sound. Please speak through my tongue words full of intelligence of Brahmaṇaspati and charged with the power of expression.
अन्वयभाष्यम् । हे देवि! नमस्ते संस्वर सम्यक्स्वर, स्वरवत्यै ते नमः अस्तु, मेधया साकं ब्रह्मणस्पतेः प्रणवस्य मुख्यात् प्राणात् प्रणवो नातिरिच्यते, तस्य स्वरेण जिह्वायां स्वर, वाचि शक्ति अनया याचते इति ||
COMMENTARY-SUMMARY TRANSLATION Oh Goddess ! Salutations to you. Please speak with sweetness and power. I bow to you who are the source of speech. Brahmanaspati is Pranava Mantra and the Lord of Life. Please speak with the power and sound of the Lord of Life through my tongue. The seer prays for power in his own speech.
एकादशी ऋक् । या त्वं देवी देवर्जुटा प्रेषिता मनसा स्वयम् |
चक्षुषा दृष्टं प्रत्यृतां तां त्वामृतवती विदुः ॥ ११ ॥ पदपाठ :- या। त्वम् । देवी। देवऽजुष्टा । प्रऽइषिता । मनसा । स्वयम् ।
चक्षुःऽभ्याम् । दृष्टम् । प्रति । ऋताम् । ताम् । त्वाम् । ऋतऽवतीम् । विदुः ।। Oh Goddess ! You who are inspired by the power of your own mind are worshipped by gods. You speak what is seen by the eyes. It is truth. People know that you are truthful.
अन्वयभाष्यम् । मनसा स्वयं प्रेरिता या त्वं देवजुष्टा देवपूजिता, निश्चयेषु एष निर्देशः, या च चक्षुा दृष्टं अर्थ अनुसंवदति, अनुवादेवेष निर्देशः, तां त्वां मनसा प्रेरितां दृष्टानुवादिनी च ऋतवती सत्यात्मिकां वाचं विदुः, अत्र मनसा वाचा च योगात् ऋतं सत्यं चेति उभयविधत्वं वाचः सत्यस्य च गम्यते इति ॥
COMMENTARY-SUMMARY TRANSLATJON You are inspired by your own mind; and you are worshipped by Gods. This is a definite indication about truthfulness. To speak in words what is seen with the eyes is the very definition of truthfulness. To be inspired and to speak what is seen with one's eyes is considered to be truthfulness. There is full concord between the thought and the word.
