उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering
Verse 208
वक्ष्यमाणमनुं स्मृत्वा मूलञ्च देवताभिधाम् । सचतुर्थीं समुच्चार्य त्यागार्थं वचनं पठेत् ॥ २०८ ॥
vakṣyamāṇamanuṁ smṛtvā mūlañca dēvatābhidhām | sacaturthīṁ samuccārya tyāgārthaṁ vacanaṁ paṭhēt || 208 ||
Translation
Remembering the mantra about to be told, and uttering the root mantra and the name of the deity in the dative, he should recite the words of giving.
Word by word
- vakṣyamāṇa
- about to be told
- manuṁ
- the mantra
- smṛtvā
- remembering
- mūlaṁ
- the root mantra
- ca
- and
- dēvatā
- of the deity
- abhidhām
- (abhidhām) the name
- sacaturthīṁ
- in the dative
- samuccārya
- uttering
- tyāga
- of giving
- arthaṁ
- (artham) for
- vacanaṁ
- the words
- paṭhēt
- he should recite
Meaning
The formula is: the mantra for the article, the root mantra, the deity's name with "to" (the dative), and the words of giving up.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 207.