गणपतिध्यानम्The meditation of Gaṇapati
Verse 151
ग्रहाणामत्र मुख्यत्वान्नाङ्गत्वेन प्रपूजनम् । सङ्कल्पानन्तरं कार्यं वास्त्वर्चनमिति क्रमः ॥ १५१ ॥
grahāṇāmatra mukhyatvānnāṅgatvēna prapūjanam | saṅkalpānantaraṁ kāryaṁ vāstvarcanamiti kramaḥ || 151 ||
Translation
Because the planets are the chief ones here, they are not worshipped as a subordinate part; the worship of Vāstu is to be done right after the saṅkalpa: that is the order.
Word by word
- grahāṇām
- the planets
- atra
- here
- mukhyatvāt
- (mukhyatvāt) because chief
- na
- not
- aṅgatvēna
- (aṅgatvena) as a subordinate part
- prapūjanam
- worship
- saṅkalpa
- the saṅkalpa
- anantaraṁ
- (anantaram) right after
- kāryaṁ
- is to be done
- vāstu
- of Vāstu
- arcanam
- (arcanam) the worship
- iti
- that
- kramaḥ
- (kramaḥ) the order
Meaning
The commentary takes "atra" as the planet sacrifice. There the planets are the main object, so they are not worshipped among the preliminaries as they are elsewhere; Vāstu comes directly after the saṅkalpa.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Atra: in the sacrifice to the planets.