काम्यकर्मणि संकल्पप्रयोजनम्The saṅkalpa in a rite done for a wish
Verse 125
संस्कृताभ्यर्चितं द्रव्यं नामोच्चारणपूर्वकम् । सम्प्रदानाभिधाञ्चोक्त्वा दत्त्वा सम्यक् फलं लभेत् ॥ १२५ ॥
saṁskṛtābhyarcitaṁ dravyaṁ nāmōccāraṇapūrvakam | sampradānābhidhāñcōktvā dattvā samyak phalaṁ labhēt || 125 ||
Translation
Having uttered the name of the thing, purified and worshipped, and named the one who receives it, he gains the full fruit by giving it.
Word by word
- saṁskṛta
- purified
- abhyarcitaṁ
- (abhyarcitam) and worshipped
- dravyaṁ
- the thing
- nāma
- of its name
- uccāraṇa
- (uccāraṇa) the uttering
- pūrvakam
- with
- sampradāna
- of the receiver
- abhidhāṁ
- (abhidhām) the name
- ca
- and
- uktvā
- having said
- dattvā
- giving
- samyak
- full
- phalaṁ
- fruit
- labhēt
- he gains
Meaning
The formula of a gift names both the object and the recipient. The commentary glosses "saṁskṛtābhyarcita" as purified and worshipped, and "sampradāna" as the one to whom the gift is made.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Saṁskṛtābhyarcitam: purified and worshipped. Sampradānābhidhām: the name of the one who receives the gift (sampradāna).