वाहनदानमन्त्रम्The mantras for giving the vehicles
Verse 261
यथा करपुटेन त्वं संस्थितो विष्णुसन्निधौ । तथा मामरिदर्पघ्न विष्णोरग्रे निवासय ॥ २६१ ॥
yathā karapuṭēna tvaṁ saṁsthitō viṣṇusannidhau | tathā māmaridarpaghna viṣṇōragrē nivāsaya || 261 ||
Translation
"As you stand with joined palms near Viṣṇu, so, O crusher of the pride of foes, settle me before Viṣṇu.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- karapuṭēna
- with joined palms
- tvaṁ
- you
- saṁsthitaḥ
- (saṁsthitaḥ) stand
- viṣṇu
- Viṣṇu
- sannidhau
- near
- tathā
- so
- mām
- me
- ari
- (ari) of foes
- darpa
- the pride
- ghna
- O crusher
- viṣṇōḥ
- (viṣṇoḥ) of Viṣṇu
- agrē
- (agre) before
- nivāsaya
- settle
Meaning
Garuḍa's posture of verse 35, kneeling with joined palms, becomes the giver's hope: to stand so before Viṣṇu.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 260.