प्रोक्षणमन्त्रम्The sprinkling mantras
Verse 135
स्नापनार्हं वाहनं चेत् स्नापयेत् ब्रह्मविद्यया । अन्यत्रैवाऽर्घ्यतोयेन कुशाग्रेण विशोधयेत् ॥ १३५ ॥
snāpanārhaṁ vāhanaṁ cēt snāpayēt brahmavidyayā | anyatraivā’rghyatōyēna kuśāgrēṇa viśōdhayēt || 135 ||
Translation
If the vehicle is fit to be bathed, he should bathe it with the Brahma-vidyā; otherwise he should purify it with water of the arghya on the tip of kuśa grass.
Word by word
- snāpana
- to be bathed
- arhaṁ
- (arham) fit
- vāhanaṁ
- the vehicle
- cēt
- if
- snāpayēt
- he should bathe
- brahmavidyayā
- with the Brahma-vidyā
- anyatra
- otherwise
- ēva
- indeed
- arghya
- (arghya) of the arghya
- tōyēna
- with water
- kuśa
- of kuśa
- agrēṇa
- (agreṇa) on the tip
- viśōdhayēt
- he should purify
Meaning
An image of the vehicle that water would harm is purified by sprinkling instead of bathing.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Brahmavidyayā: with the Gāyatrī.