govinda āsaṅgavam ātta-veṇuḥ
govinda āsaṅgavam ātta-veṇuḥ
nārāyaṇaḥ prāhṇa udātta-śaktir
madhyan-dine viṣṇur arīndra-pāṇiḥ
May Keśava protect me with his club in the first portion of the day, and may Govinda, who is always engaged in playing his flute, protect me in the second portion of the day. May Lord Nārāyaṇa, who is equipped with all potencies, protect me in the third part of the day, and may Lord Viṣṇu, who carries a disc to kill his enemies, protect me in the fourth part of the day.
He recites mantras for protection during different times, through the presiding deities of those times, in three verses. Keśava is the lord of Mathurā. Prātardina lasts until end of the fifth ghaṭikā from sunrise.[84] Govinda is the Lord of Vṛndavana. Āsaṅgava starts from the sixth ghaṭikā and lasts till the tenth ghaṭikā . Prāhna lasts from the eleventh ghaṭikā until the fifteenth ghaṭikā. Madhyandina (noon) lasts from the sixteen ghaṭikā to the twentieth ghaṭikā.
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devo 'parāhṇe madhu-hogradhanvā
sāyaṁ tri-dhāmāvatu mādhavo mām
doṣe hṛṣīkeśa utārdha-rātre
niśītha eko 'vatu padmanābhaḥ
May Madhusūdana, who carries a bow very fearful for the demons, protect me during the fifth part of the day. In the evening, the sixth part of the day, may Mādhava, who is eternity, knowledge and bliss, protect me, and during pradoṣa may Hṛṣīkeśa protect me. May Padmanābha alone protect me during ārdha-ratra and niśītha.
Aparāhna lasts from the twenty-first ghaṭikā to the twenty-fifth ghaṭikā. Sāyam or evening lasts from the twenty-sixth ghaṭikā to the thirtieth ghaṭikā. Tri-dhāmā means the Lord with three forms: eternity, knowledge and bliss. Having recited mantras for protection during the day divided into six parts, he now recites mantras for protection during the five parts of the night. Doṣa or pradoṣa lasts till the end of the fourth ghaṭikā of the night. From the fifth to the fourteen ghaṭikā is ardharātra (midnight), since midnight is included in it. The fifteenth and sixteenth ghaṭikās are niśītha.
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