अनन्तरदिनकृत्यम्The rites of the following day
Verse 86
ततः प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य नमस्कृत्य गृहं व्रजेत् । प्रभाते पुनरागत्य स्नापयेच्चन्द्रशेखरम् ॥ ८६ ॥
tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya namaskṛtya gṛhaṁ vrajēt | prabhātē punarāgatya snāpayēccandraśēkharam || 86 ||
Translation
Then going round him with the right side toward him and bowing, he should go home; and returning at dawn he should bathe the Moon-crested one.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- pradakṣiṇīkṛtya
- going round to the right
- namaskṛtya
- bowing
- gṛhaṁ
- home
- vrajēt
- he should go
- prabhātē
- at dawn
- punar
- (punaḥ) again
- āgatya
- (āgatya) returning
- snāpayēc
- (snāpayet) he should bathe
- candra
- the moon
- śēkharam
- who wears as a crest
Meaning
A pause in the rite. The worshipper leaves the God in his new house for the night, and comes back on the next morning for the great bath.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 83.