देवोऽपराह्णे मधुहोग्रधन्वा
सायं त्रिधामावतु माधवो माम् ।
दोषे हृषीकेश उतार्धरात्रे
निशीथ एकोऽवतु पद्मनाभः ॥२१॥

devo 'parÄhṇe madhu-hogradhanvÄ
sÄyaá¹ tri-dhÄmÄvatu mÄdhavo mÄm
doá¹£e hṛṣīkeÅ›a utÄrdha-rÄtre
niśītha eko 'vatu padmanÄbhaḥ

 devaḥ - the Lord; aparÄhṇe - in the fifth part of the day; madhu-hÄ - named MadhusÅ«dana; ugra-dhanvÄ - bearing the very fearful bow known as ÅšÄrá¹…ga; sÄyam - the sixth part of the day; tri-dhÄmÄ - manifesting as the three deities BrahmÄ, Viṣṇu and MaheÅ›vara; avatu - may He protect; mÄdhavaḥ - named MÄdhava; mÄm - me; doá¹£e - during the first portion of the night; hṛṣīkeÅ›aḥ - Lord HṛṣīkeÅ›a; uta - also; ardha-rÄtre - during the second part of the night; niśīthe - during the third part of the night; ekaḥ - alone; avatu - may He protect; padmanÄbhaḥ - Lord PadmanÄbha.


Text

May Lord MadhusÅ«dana, who carries a bow very fearful for the demons, protect me during the fifth part of the day. In the evening, may Lord MÄdhava, appearing as BrahmÄ, Viṣṇu and MaheÅ›vara, protect me, and in the beginning of night may Lord HṛṣīkeÅ›a protect me. At the dead of night [in the second and third parts of night] may Lord PadmanÄbha alone protect me.

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