उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering
Verse 225
यत्तेजसा जगद्व्याप्तं यतो जातमिदं जगत् । तस्मै ते जगदाधार स्नानार्थं तोयमर्पये ॥ २२५ ॥
yattējasā jagadvyāptaṁ yatō jātamidaṁ jagat | tasmai tē jagadādhāra snānārthaṁ tōyamarpayē || 225 ||
Translation
"To you, support of the world, by whose splendour the world is pervaded and from whom this world was born, I offer water for the bath."
Word by word
- yat
- whose
- tējasā
- by splendour
- jagat
- the world
- vyāptaṁ
- is pervaded
- yataḥ
- (yataḥ) from whom
- jātam
- was born
- idaṁ
- this
- tasmai
- to that
- tē
- you
- ādhāra
- (ādhāra) support
- snāna
- the bath
- arthaṁ
- (artham) for
- tōyam
- water
- arpayē
- I offer
Meaning
The god who fills and supports the world is bathed with a little water: the rite holds both truths together.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the mantra he should utter, "yattejasā jagad vyāptam". With this mantra he should give water for the bath to the deity.