उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering
Verse 228
सर्वावरणहीनाय मायाप्रच्छन्नतेजसे । वाससी परिधानाय कल्पयामि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ २२८ ॥
sarvāvaraṇahīnāya māyāpracchannatējasē | vāsasī paridhānāya kalpayāmi namō’stu tē || 228 ||
Translation
"To you who are without any covering, whose splendour is veiled by māyā, I offer two garments to wear; salutation to you."
Word by word
- sarva
- any
- āvaraṇa
- (āvaraṇa) covering
- hīnāya
- to you without
- māyā
- by māyā
- pracchanna
- veiled
- tējasē
- whose splendour
- vāsasī
- two garments
- paridhānāya
- to wear
- kalpayāmi
- I offer
- namaḥ
- (namaḥ) salutation
- astu
- (astu) be
- tē
- to you
Meaning
The god needs no clothing, being bare of all coverings; his only garment is māyā, which hides his splendour. The offering acknowledges the paradox.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the mantra he should recite, "sarvāvaraṇahīnāya". With this mantra he should give the two garments to the deity.