प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 278
सव्याहृतिं सप्रणवां गायत्रीं मूलमुच्चरन् । एतद्द्रव्यस्य तोयेन स्नापयामि नमो वदेत् ॥ २७८ ॥
savyāhṛtiṁ sapraṇavāṁ gāyatrīṁ mūlamuccaran | ētaddravyasya tōyēna snāpayāmi namō vadēt || 278 ||
Translation
Uttering the Gāyatrī with the vyāhṛti and the praṇava, and the root mantra, he should say: "With the water of this substance I bathe you; salutation."
Word by word
- sa
- with
- vyāhṛtiṁ
- the vyāhṛti
- praṇavāṁ
- and the praṇava
- gāyatrīṁ
- the Gāyatrī
- mūlam
- the root mantra
- uccaran
- uttering
- ētad
- (etat) of this
- dravyasya
- substance
- tōyēna
- with the water
- snāpayāmi
- I bathe
- namaḥ
- (namaḥ) salutation
- vadēt
- he should say
Meaning
The same mantra serves each bath, with the substance named.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But with what mantra should he bathe the image with ashes and the rest? To that he says "savyāhṛtim" and the rest. First uttering the Gāyatrī with the vyāhṛti and the praṇava, then uttering the root mantra, then saying "etaddravyasya toyena snāpayāmi namaḥ" (with the water of this substance I bathe you; salutation): with this very mantra he should bathe the image with ashes and the rest joined to water.