प्रतिष्ठादिनकृत्यम्The rites of the day of installation
Verse 54
मातृपूजां वसोर्धारां वृद्धिश्राद्धं समाचरन् । महेशद्वारपालांश्च यजेत् भक्त्या समाहितः ॥ ५४ ॥
mātṛpūjāṁ vasōrdhārāṁ vṛddhiśrāddhaṁ samācaran | mahēśadvārapālāṁśca yajēt bhaktyā samāhitaḥ || 54 ||
Translation
Performing the worship of the Mothers, the stream of Vasu and the śrāddha for increase, he should worship with devotion and a collected mind the door-keepers of Maheśa.
Word by word
- mātṛ
- of the Mothers
- pūjāṁ
- the worship
- vasōr
- (vasoḥ) of Vasu
- dhārāṁ
- the stream
- vṛddhi
- for increase
- śrāddhaṁ
- the śrāddha
- samācaran
- performing
- mahēśa
- of Maheśa
- dvāra
- the door
- pālāṁś
- (pālān) keepers
- ca
- and
- yajēt
- he should worship
- bhaktyā
- with devotion
- samāhitaḥ
- with a collected mind
Meaning
These are the standard opening acts of an auspicious rite, told before at 9.87-93: the Mothers are honoured, a stream of ghee is poured (vasor dhārā), and the ancestors are remembered in the joyful form of śrāddha.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 53.