Mantra Raja Pada Stotram - Shloka 4

jyOtImshi arkEndu nakshatra jvalanAdIn anukramAt |

jvalanti tEjasA yasya tam jvalantam namAmyaham ||

JyotI – Light

im (imam) - this

iSya – wanting, to go towards

But if “jyoti”+”iSya”, then the sandhi is “jyotISya” and not “jyotImSya”.

The other option is that this is “jyoti”+”im” = “jyotIm” and this +”iSya”, but then it needs to be “jyotImiSya” and not “jyotImSya” – not the small “i” after “m”.

So I am considering that it is “jyoti”+ “im” + “iSya” – “Light” “this” “wanting”

This light wanting…

Arkendu – arka+indu – the Sun and Moon

Nakshatra – the stars (heavenly lights)

The Sun, Moon and the stars…

Jvalana – flaming, shining

AdIn or adIn – not depressed, fully manifested

So jvalanAdIn means “fully shining”

anukramAt – in sequence, in succession

Desiring (iSya) Which light, the Sun, Moon and Stars fully (without any depression) shine (jvalanAdin) in succession

Jvalanti – flaming, shining (and whose light, they i.e. Sun, Moon etc shine with)

tejasA – splendor, light, lustre

yasya – done with energy

By whose light they shine with splendor with great energy

taM – most desired (in the connotation that – if you don’t get it, you would suffocate, be deprived of breath)

which is most desired by them (without which they would suffocate)

jvalantam – jvala means flaming or shining – anta means end, ultimate – so can we say the Ultimate Flame

namamyaham – I offer my salutaitons

That Flame, I offer my salutations.

And by Whose light they shine in such splendor and with energy

Which they desire most desperately, That Ultimate Flame, I salute

Desiring Whose light, do the Sun, Moon and stars shine

And by Whose light do they shine with such splendor & energy

Without which they would be extinguished completely

That Ultimate Flame, I bow down to