तेजोरूपं जलं ध्यात्वा सूर्यमुद्दिश्य देशिकः । तत्तोयैस्त्र्यञ्जलीन् दत्त्वा तेनैव पाथसा त्रिधा । अभिषिच्य स्वमूर्द्धानं सप्तच्छिद्राणि रोधयेत् ॥ ४१ ॥
tējōrūpaṁ jalaṁ dhyātvā sūryamuddiśya dēśikaḥ | tattōyaistryañjalīn dattvā tēnaiva pāthasā tridhā | abhiṣicya svamūrddhānaṁ saptacchidrāṇi rōdhayēt || 41 ||
Translation
Thinking of the water as fire and offering three handfuls of it to the sun, he should sprinkle his head three times with it and close the seven openings.
Word by word
- tējōrūpaṁ
- as fire
- jalaṁ
- the water
- dhyātvā
- thinking
- sūryamuddiśya
- to the sun
- dēśikaḥ
- the practitioner
- tattōyaistryañjalīn
- three handfuls of that water
- dattvā
- offering
- tēnaiva
- with the same
- pāthasā
- water
- tridhā
- three times
- abhiṣicya
- sprinkling
- svamūrddhānaṁ
- his head
- saptacchidrāṇi
- the seven openings
- rōdhayēt
- should close
Meaning
The seven openings: ears, eyes, nostrils and mouth.