अपामुपस्थे मयि नाव्यवस्थिता: प्रजा भवानद्य रिरक्षिषु: किल । स वीरमूर्ति: समभूद्धराधरो यो मां पयस्युग्रशरो जिघांससि ॥ ३५ ॥
apam upasthe mayi navy avasthitah praja bhavan adya riraksisuh kila sa vira-murtih samabhud dhara-dharo yo mam payasy ugra-saro jighamsasi
- apam
- of the water
- upasthe
- situated on the surface
- mayi
- in me
- navi
- in a boat
- avasthitah
- standing
- prajah
- living entities
- bhavan
- Yourself
- adya
- now
- riraksisuh
- desiring to protect
- kila
- indeed
- sah
- He
- vira-murtih
- in the form of a great hero
- samabhut
- became
- dhara-dharah
- the protector of the planet earth
- yah
- one who
- mam
- me
- payasi
- for the sake of milk
- ugra-sarah
- with sharpened arrows
- jighamsasi
- You desire to kill
My dear Lord, in this way You once protected me by rescuing me from the water, and consequently Your name has been famous as Dharadhara—He who holds the plane earth. Yet at the present moment, in the form of a great hero, You are about to kill me with sharpened arrows. I am, however, just like a boat on the water, keeping everything afloat.