तडागाद्युत्सर्गविधिःThe dedication of a tank and the like
Verse 171
इत्यष्टौ नागनामानि लिखित्वाऽश्वत्थपल्लवे । स्मृत्वा प्रणवगायत्र्यौ घटमध्ये विनिःक्षिपेत् ॥ १७१ ॥
ityaṣṭau nāganāmāni likhitvā’śvatthapallavē | smṛtvā praṇavagāyatryau ghaṭamadhyē viniḥkṣipēt || 171 ||
Translation
Writing these eight names of the nāgas on aśvattha leaves, and remembering the praṇava and the Gāyatrī, he should throw them into a jar.
Word by word
- ity
- (iti) these
- aṣṭau
- eight
- nāga
- of the nāgas
- nāmāni
- names
- likhitvā
- writing
- aśvattha
- (aśvattha) aśvattha
- pallavē
- on leaves
- smṛtvā
- remembering
- praṇava
- the praṇava
- gāyatryau
- and the Gāyatrī
- ghaṭa
- the jar
- madhyē
- into
- viniḥkṣipēt
- he should throw
Meaning
One name on each leaf of the sacred fig; then a lot is drawn.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Ity aṣṭau" and the rest. Having written these eight names of nāgas, Ananta and the rest, on aśvattha leaves (one name on each), and remembering the praṇava and the Gāyatrī, he should throw them into a pot.