उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering
Verse 207
अस्त्रेणाऽर्घ्याम्भसा द्रव्यं प्रोक्ष्य धेनुं प्रदर्शयन् । सम्पूज्य गन्धपुष्पाभ्यां द्रव्याख्यानं समुल्लिखेत् ॥ २०७ ॥
astrēṇā’rghyāmbhasā dravyaṁ prōkṣya dhēnuṁ pradarśayan | sampūjya gandhapuṣpābhyāṁ dravyākhyānaṁ samullikhēt || 207 ||
Translation
Sprinkling the thing with the water of the arghya with the astra, showing the cow gesture over it and worshipping it with perfume and flowers, he should pronounce its name.
Word by word
- astrēṇa
- with the astra
- arghya
- (arghya) of the arghya
- ambhasā
- (ambhasā) with the water
- dravyaṁ
- the thing
- prōkṣya
- sprinkling
- dhēnuṁ
- the cow gesture
- pradarśayan
- showing
- sampūjya
- worshipping
- gandha
- perfume
- puṣpābhyāṁ
- and flowers
- dravya
- of the thing
- ākhyānaṁ
- (ākhyānam) the name
- samullikhēt
- he should pronounce
Meaning
Verses 207-208 give the rite of offering any article. The commentary explains: astra is the mantra phaṭ; the dhenu mudrā, the cow gesture, is shown over the thing; then its name is said aloud.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he tells the rite of offering the seat and the rest in two verses, "astreṇa" and the rest. With astra, the mantra phaṭ, and with the water of the arghya, sprinkling the thing, the seat or the like, and showing over it the dhenu mudrā (the cow gesture), the sādhaka should worship the thing with sandal paste and flowers and pronounce (samullikhet, utter) the name of the thing. Remembering the mantra about to be told, and uttering the root mantra and the name of the deity in the dative (sacaturthī), he should recite the words of giving up (tyāga).