Devanagari
मां विद्ध्युद्धव दैत्यानां प्रह्लादमसुरेश्वरम् ।
सोमं नक्षत्रौषधीनां धनेशं यक्षरक्षसाम् ॥ १६ ॥
Verse text
māṁ viddhy uddhava daityānāṁ
prahlādam asureśvaram
somaṁ nakṣatrauṣadhīnāṁ
dhaneśaṁ yakṣa-rakṣasām
Synonyms
mām
—
Me
;
viddhi
—
you should know
;
uddhava
—
My dear Uddhava
;
daityānām
—
among the sons of Diti, the demons
;
prahlādam
—
Prahlāda Mahārāja
;
asura-īśvaram
—
the lord of the asuras
;
somam
—
the moon
;
nakṣatra-oṣadhīnām
—
among the stars and herbs
;
dhana-īśam
—
the lord of wealth, Kuvera
;
yakṣa-rakṣasām
—
among the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas.
Translation
My dear Uddhava, among the demoniac sons of Diti know Me to be Prahlāda Mahārāja, the saintly lord of the asuras. Among the stars and herbs I am their lord, Candra (the moon), and among Yakṣas and Rākṣasas I am the lord of wealth, Kuvera.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O Uddhava! Among the demoniac sons of Diti know me to be Prahlāda, the lord of the demons. Among the stars and herbs, I am Candra (the moon), and among Yakṣas and Rākṣasas, I am the lord of wealth, Kuvera.
The moon is the lord of the constellations and plants.