कूपसंस्कारःThe consecration of a well
Verse 164
तत्पापैर्न प्रलिप्येऽहं सफलास्तु मम क्रिया । ततस्तु दक्षिणां कृत्वा कृतशान्त्यादिकक्रियः ॥ १६४ ॥
tatpāpairna pralipyē’haṁ saphalāstu mama kriyā | tatastu dakṣiṇāṁ kṛtvā kṛtaśāntyādikakriyaḥ || 164 ||
Translation
"…may I not be stained by those sins; may my rite bear fruit." Then, having given the fee and done the rites of peace and the rest,
Word by word
- tat
- those
- pāpaiḥ
- (pāpaiḥ) by sins
- na
- not
- pralipyē
- may be stained
- ahaṁ
- I
- saphalā
- bear fruit
- astu
- (astu) may
- mama
- my
- kriyā
- rite
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- tu
- and
- dakṣiṇāṁ
- the fee
- kṛtvā
- having given
- kṛta
- having done
- śānti
- of peace
- ādika
- (ādika) and the rest
- kriyaḥ
- (kriyaḥ) the rites
Meaning
The giver declares that such a death is the drowned person's own karma ripening, not his fault, and asks that his gift stand. The dakṣiṇā and the śānti rites follow.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 161.