मृत्स्नया भस्मना वाऽपि त्रिपुण्ड्रं बिन्दुसंयुतम् । ललाटे तिलकं कुर्याद्गायत्र्या बद्धकुन्तलः ॥ ४३ ॥
mṛtsnayā bhasmanā vā’pi tripuṇḍraṁ bindusaṁyutam | lalāṭē tilakaṁ kuryādgāyatryā baddhakuntalaḥ || 43 ||
Translation
With clay or ash he should make on the forehead the triple line with a dot, the tilaka, his hair tied while saying the Gāyatrī.
Word by word
- mṛtsnayā
- with clay
- bhasmanā
- with ash
- vā’pi
- or
- tripuṇḍraṁ
- the triple line
- bindusaṁyutam
- with a dot
- lalāṭē
- on the forehead
- tilakaṁ
- the tilaka
- kuryādgāyatryā
- should make; with the Gāyatrī
- baddhakuntalaḥ
- with hair tied