देवगेहप्रतिष्ठाThe installation of a temple
Verse 195
तथा मूलं समुच्चार्य गायत्रीं वारुणं मनुम् । विधात्रा निर्मितैर्दिव्यैः प्रियैः स्निग्धैरलौकिकैः । नारिकेलोदकैः स्नानं कल्पयामि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ १९५ ॥
tathā mūlaṁ samuccārya gāyatrīṁ vāruṇaṁ manum | vidhātrā nirmitairdivyaiḥ priyaiḥ snigdhairalaukikaiḥ | nārikēlōdakaiḥ snānaṁ kalpayāmi namō’stu tē || 195 ||
Translation
So too uttering the root mantra, the Gāyatrī and the mantra of Varuṇa: "With coconut water made by the Creator, divine, dear, cooling and not of this world, I prepare your bath; salutation to you."
Word by word
- tathā
- so too
- mūlaṁ
- the root mantra
- samuccārya
- uttering
- gāyatrīṁ
- the Gāyatrī
- vāruṇaṁ
- of Varuṇa
- manum
- the mantra
- vidhātrā
- by the Creator
- nirmitaiḥ
- (nirmitaiḥ) made
- divyaiḥ
- (divyaiḥ) divine
- priyaiḥ
- (priyaiḥ) dear
- snigdhaiḥ
- (snigdhaiḥ) cooling
- alaukikaiḥ
- (alaukikaiḥ) not of this world
- nārikēla
- coconut
- udakaiḥ
- (udakaiḥ) with water
- snānaṁ
- bath
- kalpayāmi
- I prepare
- namaḥ
- (namaḥ) salutation
- astu
- (astu) be
- tē
- to you
Meaning
The sixth bath, coconut water, with vaṁ, Varuṇa's seed, added as the commentary says.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tathā" and the rest. In the same way, uttering the root mantra, the Gāyatrī and the mantra of Varuṇa, the mantra vaṁ, and then the words of the verse, he should bathe the deity with coconut water.