प्रार्थनम्The prayer
Verse 67
मन्त्रेणानेन सुदृढं कारयित्वा सदाशिवम् । उत्तराग्रां तत्र वेदीं मूलेनैव प्रवेशयेत् ॥ ६७ ॥
mantrēṇānēna sudṛḍhaṁ kārayitvā sadāśivam | uttarāgrāṁ tatra vēdīṁ mūlēnaiva pravēśayēt || 67 ||
Translation
Having made Sadāśiva firm with this mantra, he should there bring in the vedī, its point to the north, with the root mantra alone.
Word by word
- mantrēṇa
- with the mantra
- anēna
- (anena) this
- sudṛḍhaṁ
- firm
- kārayitvā
- having made
- sadāśivam
- Sadāśiva
- uttara
- to the north
- agrāṁ
- (agrām) its point
- tatra
- there
- vēdīṁ
- the vedī
- mūlēna
- with the root mantra
- ēva
- (eva) alone
- pravēśayēt
- he should bring in
Meaning
The commentary makes the action plain: the vedī is set upon Sadāśiva, that is, the base is fitted over the planted liṅga. Its spout (agra) points north, as is the rule for the channel of a liṅga base.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Mantreṇa" and the rest. Having made Sadāśiva firm with this mantra, "yāvac candraś ca sūryaś ca" and the rest, he should with the root mantra itself set the vedī (the base) there upon Sadāśiva (verses 67 and 68).