भगवतीपूजनम्The worship of the Goddess
Verse 304
प्रणवं व्याहृतिं चैव गायत्रीं मूलमन्त्रकम् । सामन्त्रणाभिधानं ते जातकर्मादि नाम च ॥ ३०४ ॥
praṇavaṁ vyāhṛtiṁ caiva gāyatrīṁ mūlamantrakam | sāmantraṇābhidhānaṁ tē jātakarmādi nāma ca || 304 ||
Translation
The praṇava, the vyāhṛti, the Gāyatrī, the root mantra, the name with its address, "te", and the name of the birth rite and the rest,
Word by word
- praṇavaṁ
- the praṇava
- vyāhṛtiṁ
- the vyāhṛti
- ca
- and
- ēva
- also
- gāyatrīṁ
- the Gāyatrī
- mūla
- root
- mantrakam
- the mantra
- sa
- with
- āmantraṇa
- (āmantraṇa) its address
- abhidhānaṁ
- (abhidhānam) the name
- tē
- te
- jāta
- birth
- karma
- rite
- ādi
- and the rest
- nāma
- the name
Meaning
Verses 304-305 give the formula of each saṁskāra oblation, which the commentary assembles: oṁ, bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, the Gāyatrī, the root mantra, the Devī's name in the vocative, "te" (for you), the name of the rite, then "sampādayāmi svāhā", "I perform it, svāhā".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But with what mantra should he perform the birth rite (jātakarman) and the rest for the Devī? To that he says "praṇavam" and the rest. First the praṇava, the oṁkāra; then the vyāhṛti, bhūḥ and the rest; then the Gāyatrī; then the root mantra; then "sāmantraṇābhidhānam", the Devī's name in the vocative (with address); then the word "te" (for you); then the name of the birth rite or the other rite; then the word "sampādayāmi" (I perform); then agnikāntā, the word svāhā: uttering these, the sādhaka who knows the rite should perform the birth rites of the Devī. So the construction with what goes before is to be made.