देवगेहप्रतिष्ठाThe installation of a temple
Verse 197
कामबीजं तथा तारं सावित्रीं मूलमीरयन् । कर्पूरागुरुकाश्मीरकस्तूरीचन्दनोदकैः । सुस्नातो भव सुप्रीतो भुक्तिमुक्ती प्रयच्छ मे ॥ १९७ ॥
kāmabījaṁ tathā tāraṁ sāvitrīṁ mūlamīrayan | karpūrāgurukāśmīrakastūrīcandanōdakaiḥ | susnātō bhava suprītō bhuktimuktī prayaccha mē || 197 ||
Translation
Uttering the seed of Kāma, tāra, the Sāvitrī and the root mantra: "Be well bathed with water of camphor, aguru, saffron, musk and sandal; well pleased, grant me enjoyment and liberation."
Word by word
- kāma
- of Kāma
- bījaṁ
- the seed
- tathā
- and
- tāraṁ
- tāra
- sāvitrīṁ
- the Sāvitrī
- mūlam
- the root mantra
- īrayan
- (īrayan) uttering
- karpūra
- of camphor
- aguru
- (aguru) aguru
- kāśmīra
- saffron
- kastūrī
- musk
- candana
- and sandal
- udakaiḥ
- (udakaiḥ) with water
- susnātaḥ
- (susnātaḥ) well bathed
- bhava
- be
- suprītaḥ
- (suprītaḥ) well pleased
- bhukti
- enjoyment
- muktī
- and liberation
- prayaccha
- grant
- mē
- me
Meaning
The eighth bath, scented water. The seeds are klīṁ (kāma) and oṁ (tāra). The commentary glosses "kāśmīra" as saffron.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Kāmabījam" and the rest. Uttering kāmabīja, the bīja klīṁ, and tāra, the oṁkāra, the Sāvitrī, the Gāyatrī, and the root mantra, and then uttering "karpūrāgurukāśmīrakastūrīcandanodakaiḥ, susnāto bhava suprīto bhuktimuktī prayaccha me" (be well bathed with water of camphor, aguru, saffron, musk and sandal, and, well pleased, grant me enjoyment and liberation), the doer should bathe the deity with water scented with camphor and the rest. Kāśmīram: saffron (kuṅkuma).