ब्रह्मानन्तयोर्ध्यानकथनम्The meditations of Brahmā and Ananta
Verse 114
अन्येषां परिवारणां नाममन्त्राः प्रकीर्तिताः । अनुक्तमन्त्रे सर्वत्र विधिरेष शिवोदितः ॥ ११४ ॥
anyēṣāṁ parivāraṇāṁ nāmamantrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | anuktamantrē sarvatra vidhirēṣa śivōditaḥ || 114 ||
Translation
For the other attendants their names are declared to be their mantras. Wherever no mantra is told, this is the rule spoken by Śiva.
Word by word
- anyēṣāṁ
- for the other
- parivāraṇāṁ
- (parivārāṇām) attendants
- nāma
- names
- mantrāḥ
- (mantrāḥ) as mantras
- prakīrtitāḥ
- (prakīrtitāḥ) are declared
- anukta
- not told
- mantrē
- where a mantra
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- vidhiḥ
- (vidhiḥ) the rule
- ēṣaḥ
- (eṣaḥ) this
- śiva
- by Śiva
- uditaḥ
- (uditaḥ) spoken
Meaning
Where the text gives no seed, as for the door-keepers and Vāstu's twelve attendants, the name itself serves as the mantra, with the usual "namaḥ" or "svāhā".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 113.