उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering
Verse 217
यत्पादजलसंस्पर्शाच्छुद्धिमाप जगत्त्रयम् । तत्पादाब्जप्रोक्षणार्थं पाद्यन्ते कल्पयाम्यहम् ॥ २१७ ॥
yatpādajalasaṁsparśācchuddhimāpa jagattrayam | tatpādābjaprōkṣaṇārthaṁ pādyantē kalpayāmyaham || 217 ||
Translation
"By the touch of whose foot-water the three worlds were purified, for the washing of those lotus feet I prepare water for your feet."
Word by word
- yat
- whose
- pāda
- foot
- jala
- water
- saṁsparśāt
- (saṁsparśāt) by the touch
- śuddhim
- purity
- āpa
- attained
- jagat
- worlds
- trayam
- the three
- tat
- those
- abja
- lotus
- prōkṣaṇa
- washing
- arthaṁ
- (artham) for
- pādyaṁ
- water for the feet
- tē
- your
- kalpayāmi
- prepare
- aham
- I
Meaning
The Gaṅgā flows from Viṣṇu's foot: the water that washed the god's feet purifies the worlds.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the mantra he should utter, "yatpādajala". O Supreme Lord, by the touch of the water of whose feet the three worlds attained (āpa, went to) purity, for the washing of those lotus feet I prepare, I offer, water for the feet to you. Uttering this mantra, he should give the water for the feet to the deity.