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स्वाहा स्वधा शची चैव स्वस्ति कुर्वन्तु ते सदा ॥
लक्ष्मीर् अरुन्धती चैव कुरुतां स्वस्ति ते ऽनघ ॥
असितो देवलश् चैव विश्वामित्रस् तथाङ्गिराः ॥
वसिष्ठः कश्यपश् चैव स्वस्ति कुर्वन्तु ते नृप ॥
धाता विधाता लोकेशो दिशश् च सदिगीश्वराः ॥
स्वस्ति ते ऽद्य प्रयच्छन्तु कार्त्तिकेयश् च षण्मुखः ॥
svāhā svadhā śacī caiva svasti kurvantu te sadā ||
lakṣmīr arundhatī caiva kurutāṃ svasti te 'nagha ||
asito devalaś caiva viśvāmitras tathāṅgirāḥ ||
vasiṣṭhaḥ kaśyapaś caiva svasti kurvantu te nṛpa ||
dhātā vidhātā lokeśo diśaś ca sadigīśvarāḥ ||
svasti te 'dya prayacchantu kārttikeyaś ca ṣaṇmukhaḥ ||
"May Svaha, Svadha, and Shachi grant you well-being always; may Lakshmi and Arundhati grant you well-being, O sinless one. May Asita Devala, Vishvamitra and Angiras, Vasishtha and Kashyapa grant you well-being, O king. May Dhatri, Vidhatri, the lord of the world, and the quarters with their guardian lords bestow well-being upon you today, and six-faced Karttikeya."
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The svasti calls upon good from goddesses (Svaha, Svadha, Shachi, Lakshmi, Arundhati), great sages (Vasishtha, Kashyapa, Vishvamitra), and the guardians of the world. It is telling that the blessing gathers together all the auspicious powers of the universe. And yet -- above all of them stands the One who rules destiny itself. The verse teaches that the blessing of many benevolent powers is great, but not unconditional: it is effective only in accord with the will of the Lord; and however many gods and sages one calls to defend the unrighteous, the outcome is decided by the higher truth to which even they are subject.