वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed
Verse 48
दत्त्वा पिण्डमपिण्डेभ्यो मन्त्राभ्यां सुरवन्दिते । प्रक्षाल्य हस्तावाचान्तः सावित्रीं प्रजपंस्ततः । देवताभ्यस्त्रिधा जप्त्वा मण्डलानि प्रकल्पयेत् ॥ ४८ ॥
dattvā piṇḍamapiṇḍēbhyō mantrābhyāṁ suravanditē | prakṣālya hastāvācāntaḥ sāvitrīṁ prajapaṁstataḥ | dēvatābhyastridhā japtvā maṇḍalāni prakalpayēt || 48 ||
Translation
Having given the piṇḍa to those without piṇḍas with these two mantras, O you whom the gods revere, washing his hands and sipping water, reciting the Sāvitrī and the "devatābhyaḥ" three times, he should make the maṇḍalas.
Word by word
- dattvā
- having given
- piṇḍam
- (piṇḍam) the piṇḍa
- apiṇḍēbhyaḥ
- (apiṇḍebhyaḥ) to those without piṇḍas
- mantrābhyāṁ
- with the two mantras
- suravanditē
- O you whom the gods revere
- prakṣālya
- having washed
- hastau
- the hands
- ācāntaḥ
- (ācāntaḥ) having sipped water
- sāvitrīṁ
- the Sāvitrī
- prajapaṁs
- (prajapan) reciting
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- dēvatābhyaḥ
- "devatābhyaḥ"
- tridhā
- three times
- japtvā
- having recited
- maṇḍalāni
- the maṇḍalas
- prakalpayēt
- should make
Meaning
The ṭīkā says the Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī) is recited twelve times here.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 46.