उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering
Verse 234
सुप्रकाशो महादीप्तः सर्वतस्तिमिरापहः । सबाह्याभ्यन्तरज्योतिर्दीपोऽयं प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥ २३४ ॥
suprakāśō mahādīptaḥ sarvatastimirāpahaḥ | sabāhyābhyantarajyōtirdīpō’yaṁ pratigṛhyatām || 234 ||
Translation
"Shining brightly, blazing, dispelling darkness on every side, the light without and within: accept this lamp."
Word by word
- suprakāśaḥ
- (suprakāśaḥ) shining brightly
- mahā
- greatly
- dīptaḥ
- (dīptaḥ) blazing
- sarvataḥ
- (sarvataḥ) on every side
- timira
- darkness
- apahaḥ
- (apahaḥ) dispelling
- sa
- with
- bāhya
- without
- abhyantara
- (abhyantara) and within
- jyōtiḥ
- (jyotiḥ) the light
- dīpaḥ
- (dīpaḥ) lamp
- ayaṁ
- this
- pratigṛhyatām
- accept
Meaning
The lamp is both outer flame and the inner light of awareness.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
With the mantra "suprakāśaḥ" and the rest he should give a lamp to the deity.