गणपतिध्यानम्The meditation of Gaṇapati
Verse 146
शिवं दुर्गां ग्रहांश्चापि तथा षोडश मातृकाः । घृतधारास्वपि वसूनिष्ट्वा कुर्यात् पितृक्रियाम् ॥ १४६ ॥
śivaṁ durgāṁ grahāṁścāpi tathā ṣōḍaśa mātṛkāḥ | ghṛtadhārāsvapi vasūniṣṭvā kuryāt pitṛkriyām || 146 ||
Translation
…Śiva, Durgā and the planets, and also the sixteen Mothers; and having worshipped the Vasus in the streams of ghee, he should perform the rite for the ancestors.
Word by word
- śivaṁ
- Śiva
- durgāṁ
- Durgā
- grahāṁ
- (grahān) the planets
- ca
- and
- api
- also
- tathā
- also
- ṣōḍaśa
- the sixteen
- mātṛkāḥ
- (mātṛkāḥ) Mothers
- ghṛta
- of ghee
- dhārāsu
- in the streams
- vasūn
- the Vasus
- iṣṭvā
- having worshipped
- kuryāt
- he should perform
- pitṛ
- for the ancestors
- kriyām
- the rite
Meaning
The Vasus are worshipped in the vasudhārā, streams of ghee poured on a wall, a rite described in the tenth chapter. Then follows the vṛddhi-śrāddha for the ancestors.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Iṣṭvā: having worshipped.