प्रोक्षणमन्त्रम्The sprinkling mantras
Verse 131
सेतुस्त्वं भवसिन्धूनां पारदः पथिकप्रियः । मया संप्रोक्षितः सेतो यथोक्तफलदो भव ॥ १३१ ॥
sētustvaṁ bhavasindhūnāṁ pāradaḥ pathikapriyaḥ | mayā saṁprōkṣitaḥ sētō yathōktaphaladō bhava || 131 ||
Translation
"You are a bridge over the seas of existence, carrying across, dear to travellers. O bridge, sprinkled by me, give the fruit that is promised."
Word by word
- sētuḥ
- (setuḥ) a bridge
- tvaṁ
- you are
- bhava
- of existence; be
- sindhūnāṁ
- over the seas
- pāradaḥ
- (pāradaḥ) carrying across
- pathika
- to travellers
- priyaḥ
- (priyaḥ) dear
- mayā
- by me
- saṁprōkṣitaḥ
- (samprokṣitaḥ) sprinkled
- sētō
- O bridge
- yathā
- as
- ukta
- (ukta) promised
- phala
- the fruit
- daḥ
- (daḥ) giving
Meaning
The bridge over a river becomes a figure for the bridge across saṁsāra, which carries the traveller to the far shore.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he tells the mantra for sprinkling a bridge (setu), "setus tvaṁ bhavasindhūnām".