दिक्पालपूजादिWorship of the guardians of the directions
Verse 96
ध्यात्वा चैतान् क्रमादिष्ट्वा ब्रह्मानन्तौ पुरो बहिः । ऊर्ध्वाधोवृत्तयोरर्च्यौ ततोऽर्च्या द्वारदेवताः ॥ ९६ ॥
dhyātvā caitān kramādiṣṭvā brahmānantau purō bahiḥ | ūrdhvādhōvṛttayōrarcyau tatō’rcyā dvāradēvatāḥ || 96 ||
Translation
Having meditated on these and worshipped them in order, Brahmā and Ananta are to be worshipped outside the enclosure, in the upper and lower circles; then the gods of the doors are to be worshipped.
Word by word
- dhyātvā
- having meditated on
- ca
- and
- ētān
- these
- kramāt
- in order
- iṣṭvā
- worshipped
- brahma
- Brahmā
- anantau
- (anantau) and Ananta
- puraḥ
- (puraḥ) the enclosure
- bahiḥ
- (bahiḥ) outside
- ūrdhva
- in the upper
- adhaḥ
- (adhaḥ) and lower
- vṛttayōḥ
- (vṛttayoḥ) circles
- arcyau
- are to be worshipped
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- arcyāḥ
- (arcyāḥ) are to be worshipped
- dvāra
- of the doors
- dēvatāḥ
- the gods
Meaning
Brahmā and Ananta, the guardians of the zenith and the nadir, complete the ten directions. The commentary places them in the two small circles outside the bhūpura (verses 75-76).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Dhyātvā" and the rest. Having meditated thus on these eight guardians of the directions, Indra and the rest, and worshipped them in order, he should then worship Brahmā and Ananta, the guardians of the directions above and below, in turn, in the two circles (maṇḍala) that stand above and below outside the bhūpura. Then the deities of the doors are to be worshipped.