कूपसंस्कारःThe consecration of a well
Verse 156
मातरौ वसवोऽष्टौ च ततः कार्या पितृक्रिया । प्राधान्यं वरुणस्यात्र स हि पूज्यो विशेषतः ॥ १५६ ॥
mātarau vasavō’ṣṭau ca tataḥ kāryā pitṛkriyā | prādhānyaṁ varuṇasyātra sa hi pūjyō viśēṣataḥ || 156 ||
Translation
…the Mothers and the eight Vasus; then the rite for the ancestors is to be done. Here Varuṇa is chief, and he above all is to be worshipped.
Word by word
- mātarau
- (mātaraḥ) the Mothers
- vasavaḥ
- (vasavaḥ) the Vasus
- aṣṭau
- eight
- ca
- and
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- kāryā
- is to be done
- pitṛ
- for the ancestors
- kriyā
- the rite
- prādhānyaṁ
- chief place
- varuṇasya
- Varuṇa's
- atra
- here
- saḥ
- (saḥ) he
- hi
- indeed
- pūjyaḥ
- (pūjyaḥ) is to be worshipped
- viśēṣataḥ
- (viśeṣataḥ) above all
Meaning
The commentary takes "atra" as the consecration of a well and "saḥ" as Varuṇa: as lord of water, he is the chief deity of the rite.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Atra: in the consecration of a well. Saḥ: Varuṇa.