वाहनदानमन्त्रम्The mantras for giving the vehicles
Verse 253
ततस्तु वाहनं दद्यात् यस्मिन् देवे यथोदितम् । शिवाय वृषभं दत्त्वा प्रार्थयेद्विहिताञ्जलिः ॥ २५३ ॥
tatastu vāhanaṁ dadyāt yasmin dēvē yathōditam | śivāya vṛṣabhaṁ dattvā prārthayēdvihitāñjaliḥ || 253 ||
Translation
Then he should give the vehicle as told for each god. Having given the bull to Śiva, he should pray with joined palms:
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- tu
- and
- vāhanaṁ
- the vehicle
- dadyāt
- he should give
- yasmin
- for each
- dēvē
- god
- yathā
- as
- uditam
- (uditam) told
- śivāya
- to Śiva
- vṛṣabhaṁ
- the bull
- dattvā
- having given
- prārthayēt
- he should pray
- vihita
- joined
- añjaliḥ
- (añjaliḥ) with palms
Meaning
The vehicles of verse 32 are now given, each with a prayer.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 251.