प्रार्थनम्The prayer
Verse 64
इति प्रार्थ्य शिवं देवीं मङ्गलध्वनिपूर्वकम् । प्रदक्षिणं त्रिधा वेश्म कारयित्वा प्रवेशयेत् ॥ ६४ ॥
iti prārthya śivaṁ dēvīṁ maṅgaladhvanipūrvakam | pradakṣiṇaṁ tridhā vēśma kārayitvā pravēśayēt || 64 ||
Translation
Having prayed thus to Śiva and the Goddess, to the sound of auspicious music, he should have them carried three times around the temple, keeping it on the right, and brought inside.
Word by word
- iti
- thus
- prārthya
- having prayed to
- śivaṁ
- Śiva
- dēvīṁ
- the Goddess
- maṅgala
- auspicious
- dhvani
- sound
- pūrvakam
- with
- pradakṣiṇaṁ
- keeping on the right
- tridhā
- three times
- vēśma
- the temple
- kārayitvā
- having had it done
- pravēśayēt
- he should bring in
Meaning
A small procession. The circling keeps the temple on the right side, the gesture of respect, and the "maṅgala-dhvani" are the festive sounds that accompany it.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 59.