धन्वन्तरिर्भगवान् पात्वपथ्याद् द्वन्द्वाद् भयादृषभो निर्जितात्मा । यज्ञश्च लोकादवताज्जनान्ताद् बलो गणात् क्रोधवशादहीन्द्र: ॥ १८ ॥
dhanvantarir bhagavan patv apathyad dvandvad bhayad rsabho nirjitatma yajnas ca lokad avataj janantad balo ganat krodha-vasad ahindrah
- dhanvantarih
- the incarnation Dhanvantari, the physician
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- patu
- may He protect me
- apathyat
- from things injurious to the health, such as meat and intoxicants
- dvandvat
- from duality
- bhayat
- from fear
- rsabhah
- Lord Rsabhadeva
- nirjita-atma
- who fully controlled his mind and self
- yajnah
- Yajna
- ca
- and
- lokat
- from the defamation of the populace
- avatat
- may He protect
- jana-antat
- from dangerous positions created by other people
- balah
- Lord Balarama
- ganat
- from the hordes of
- krodha-vasat
- the angry serpents
- ahindrah
- Lord Balarama in the form of the serpent Sesa Naga
May the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His incarnation as Dhanvantari relieve me from undesirable eatables and protect me from physical illness. May Lord Rsabhadeva, who conquered His inner and outer senses, protect me from fear produced by the duality of heat and cold. May Yajna protect me from defamation and harm from the populace, and may Lord Balarama as Sesa protect me from envious serpents.