` sh na?vvtu, sh naE? Éun´…, sh vIy¡? krvavhE, tejiSv navxI?tmStu ma iv?iÖ;avhEš?, ` zaiNt/> zaiNt/> zaiNt?>.
(s> = he; h = indeed; naE = us two; Avtu = may protect; s> = he; h =verily; ; naE = us two; Éun´… = may nourish; sh = (we two) together; vIyRm! krvavhE = may acquire the capacity (to understand & study the scriptures); AxItm! = what is studied; tejiSv = (be) brilliant; naE = for us; AStu = let it be; ma iviÖ;avhE = may we not cavil at each other)
May He protect us both (the teacher & the taught) together (by revealing knowledge). May He nourish us both (by vouchsafing the results of knowledge). May we (both) acquire the capacity (to understand the scriptures). May our study be brilliant (and invigorating). May we not cavil at each other. Oh Lord, may I have peace of the three types of obstacles – those centered around me, those arising from other living beings and those from natural forces.
yena]rsmaçaymixgMy mheñrat!, k«Tõm! Vyakr[< àae´< tSmE pai[nye nm>.
vaKykar< vréic< Éa:ykar< ptÃilm!, pai[in< sUÇkar< c à[tae=iSm muinÇym!. ` zaiNt/> zaiNt/> zaiNt?>.
(yen = by whom or by which, because, since; A]r = alphabet; smaçaym! = handing down by tradition or from memory, collection or compilation of sacred texts, the sacred texts in general; AixgMy = to study, to be desirous of studying or reading; mheñrat! = by Lord Maheshavara; k«Tõm! = absolutely complete; Vyakr[m! = grammar ; àae´m! =
spoken of, addressed; tSmE = that; pai[nye = that Panini; nm> = salutations; vaKykarm! = the author of vaKysvRdœ ; vréicm! = a grammarian [also a poet , lexicographer , and writer on medicine], sometimes identified with kaTyayn, [the reputed author of the vaitRka or supplementary rules of pai[nI] He is placed, by some, among the nine gems of the court of Vikramaditya, and by others, among the ornaments of the court of Bhoja He was the author of the àak«t! grammar called àak«t!-àkaz, and is said to be the first grammarian who reduced the various dialects of àak«t!
to a system pÂt!-kwa> ; Éa:ym! = commentary; ptÃilm! = a celebrated grammarian, author of the mhaÉa:ym! , also a
philosopher (the propounder of the Yoga philosophy); pai[inm! = that Panini; sUÇkarm! = the composer of the sUÇ (a short sentence or aphoristic rule, and any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules hanging together like threads) these sUÇ form manuals of teaching in ritual, philosophy, grammar etc.); à[m! = to bend or bow down before, make obeisance to, to cause a person to bow before; AiSm = I; muin> = a saint, sage, seer, ascetic, monk, devotee, hermit; Çym! = a triad).
Unto pai[in, by whom, having understood the A]r and by the grace of Bhagvan, the entire Vyakr[< zaôm! was told, my salutation unto pai[in.