होममण्डलसंस्कारादिPreparing the place of homa and the rest
Verse 138
त्रिधा जानुस्पृष्टभूमिः शिवबीजं विचिन्तयन् । आत्मनोऽभिमुखीकृत्य योनियन्त्रे नियोजयेत् ॥ १३८ ॥
tridhā jānuspṛṣṭabhūmiḥ śivabījaṁ vicintayan | ātmanō’bhimukhīkṛtya yōniyantrē niyōjayēt || 138 ||
Translation
three times, his knee touching the ground, thinking of it as the seed of Śiva, turning it to face himself, he should set it in the yoni-yantra.
Word by word
- tridhā
- three times
- jānu
- knee
- spṛṣṭa
- touching
- bhūmiḥ
- the ground
- śiva
- Śiva
- bījaṁ
- seed
- vicintayan
- thinking of
- ātmanō
- (ātmanaḥ) himself
- abhimukhīkṛtya
- turning to face
- yōni
- yoni
- yantrē
- in the yantra
- niyōjayēt
- should set
Meaning
The triangle of the altar is the yoni; the fire, Śiva's seed placed in it, is "born" from Vāgīśvarī.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 137.