Verse 1
Anantam Vasukim Sesham – Verse 1
अनन्तं वासुकिं शेषं पद्मनाभं च कंबलं
शंखपालं धार्तराष्ट्रं तक्षकं कालियं तथा
एतानि नव नामानि नागानाम च महात्मनं
सायमकाले पठेन्नीत्यं प्रातक्काले विशेषतः
तस्य विषभयं नास्ति सर्वत्र विजयी भवेत
ll इति श्री नवनागस्त्रोत्रं सम्पूर्णं ll
anantaṃ vāsukiṃ śeṣaṃ padmanābhaṃ ca kaṃbalaṃ
śaṃkhapālaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraṃ takṣakaṃ kāliyaṃ tathā
etāni nava nāmāni nāgānāma ca mahātmanaṃ
sāyamakāle paṭhennītyaṃ prātakkāle viśeṣataḥ
tasya viṣabhayaṃ nāsti sarvatra vijayī bhaveth
ll iti śrī navanāgastrotraṃ sampūrṇaṃ ll
Anantha, Vasuki, Sesha, Padmanabha and Kambala, Shankapala, Dhritharashtra, Thakshaka and Kaliya are the names of nine great naga (serpent) deities. Whoever recites this hymn in worship of these deities, either in the evening or especially in the morning, his/her fears are all destroyed, and he/she emerges victorious in all endeavours.
Word by word
- अनन्तं (anantaṃ)
- Ananta
- वासुकिं (vāsukiṃ)
- Vasuki
- शेषं (śeṣaṃ)
- Shesha
- पद्मनाभं (padmanābhaṃ)
- Padmanabha
- च (ca)
- and
- कंबलं (kaṃbalaṃ)
- Kambala
- शंखपालं (śaṃkhapālaṃ)
- Shankhapala
- धार्तराष्ट्रं (dhārtarāṣṭraṃ)
- Dhritarashtra
- तक्षकं (takṣakaṃ)
- Takshaka
- कालियं (kāliyaṃ)
- Kaliya
- तथा (tathā)
- also
- एतानि (etāni)
- these
- नव (nava)
- nine
- नामानि (nāmāni)
- names
- नागानाम (nāgānām)
- of the serpents
- च (ca)
- and
- महात्मनं (mahātmanaṃ)
- great souls
- सायमकाले (sāyamakāle)
- in the evening (sāyam:evening | kāle:in the time)
- पठेन्नीत्यं (paṭhennītyaṃ)
- should recite regularly (paṭhet:should recite | nītyaṃ:regularly)
- प्रातक्काले (prātakkāle)
- in the morning (prātaḥ:morning | kāle:in the time)
- विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ)
- especially
- तस्य (tasya)
- his/her
- विषभयं (viṣabhayaṃ)
- fear of poison (viṣa:poison | bhayaṃ:fear)
- नास्ति (nāsti)
- does not exist
- सर्वत्र (sarvatra)
- everywhere
- विजयी (vijayī)
- victorious
- भवेत (bhavet)
- becomes
- इति (iti)
- thus
- श्री (śrī)
- holy
- नवनागस्त्रोत्रं (navanāgastrotraṃ)
- hymn of nine serpents (nava:nine | nāga:serpents | strotraṃ:hymn)
- सम्पूर्णं (sampūrṇaṃ)
- complete