प्रोक्षणमन्त्रम्The sprinkling mantras
Verse 127
जीवनाधार जीवानां जीवनप्रद वारुण । प्रोक्षणे तव तृप्यन्तु जलभूचरखेचराः ॥ १२७ ॥
jīvanādhāra jīvānāṁ jīvanaprada vāruṇa | prōkṣaṇē tava tṛpyantu jalabhūcarakhēcarāḥ || 127 ||
Translation
"O support of life, giver of life to living beings, you whose god is Varuṇa: at your sprinkling may all that move in water, on land and in the sky be satisfied."
Word by word
- jīvana
- of life
- ādhāra
- (ādhāra) O support
- jīvānāṁ
- to living beings
- prada
- giver
- vāruṇa
- whose god is Varuṇa
- prōkṣaṇē
- at the sprinkling
- tava
- your
- tṛpyantu
- may be satisfied
- jala
- in water
- bhū
- on land
- cara
- that move
- khēcarāḥ
- (khecarāḥ) and in the sky
Meaning
The mantra for a reservoir. "Jīvana" means both life and water, and the commentary reads "jīvanādhāra" as "holder of water"; the pun is the point. A tank is dedicated to every creature, so the prayer asks that all of them be satisfied.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Of these he first tells the mantra for sprinkling a reservoir of water, "jīvanādhāra jīvānām". Jīvanādhāra: O support of water (jīvana, which is both life and water). Vāruṇa: O you whose deity is Varuṇa.