देवगेहप्रतिष्ठाThe installation of a temple
Verse 190
ऐँ ह्रीँ श्रीमिति मन्त्रान्ते मूलमन्त्रं समुच्चरन् । दुग्धेन स्नापयामि त्वां मातेव परिपालय ॥ १९० ॥
aim̐ hrīm̐ śrīmiti mantrāntē mūlamantraṁ samuccaran | dugdhēna snāpayāmi tvāṁ mātēva paripālaya || 190 ||
Translation
Uttering the root mantra at the end of the mantra aiṁ hrīṁ śrīṁ, he says: "I bathe you with milk; protect me like a mother."
Word by word
- aim̐
- aiṁ
- hrīm̐
- hrīṁ
- śrīm
- (śrīm) śrīṁ
- iti
- thus
- mantra
- of the mantra
- antē
- (ante) at the end
- mūla
- the root
- mantraṁ
- mantra
- samuccaran
- uttering
- dugdhēna
- with milk
- snāpayāmi
- I bathe
- tvāṁ
- you
- mātā
- a mother
- iva
- like
- paripālaya
- protect
Meaning
Each bath has the same shape: the three seeds aiṁ (Sarasvatī), hrīṁ (Bhuvaneśvarī) and śrīṁ (Lakṣmī), then the root mantra (mūlamantra) of the deity being installed, then a verse naming the substance. The first bath is milk. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells that order itself with "aiṁ hrīṁ śrīm" and the rest. Uttering the root mantra (mūlamantra) at the end of the mantra aiṁ hrīṁ śrīṁ, and at its end uttering "dugdhena snāpayāmi tvāṁ māteva paripālaya" (I bathe you with milk; protect me like a mother), the doer should first bathe the deity with milk.