अनन्तरदिनकृत्यम्The rites of the following day
Verse 89
विधिहीनं क्रियाहीनं भक्तिहीनं यदर्चितम् । सम्पूर्णमस्तु तत् सर्वं त्वत्प्रसादादुमापते ॥ ८९ ॥
vidhihīnaṁ kriyāhīnaṁ bhaktihīnaṁ yadarcitam | sampūrṇamastu tat sarvaṁ tvatprasādādumāpatē || 89 ||
Translation
"Whatever was offered lacking in rule, lacking in act, lacking in devotion, may all of that be made whole by your grace, Lord of Umā.
Word by word
- vidhi
- in rule
- hīnaṁ
- lacking
- kriyā
- in act
- bhakti
- in devotion
- yad
- (yat) whatever
- arcitam
- was offered
- sampūrṇam
- whole
- astu
- may be
- tat
- that
- sarvaṁ
- all
- tvat
- your
- prasādād
- (prasādāt) by the grace
- umā
- of Umā
- patē
- O Lord
Meaning
This is the prayer of forgiveness that ends so many Hindu rites. It admits that the work has flaws, and places the completing of it in the hands of the one to whom it was offered.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
What should he ask of Śiva? In answer to that he says "vidhihīnam" and the rest (verses 89 to 94).