श्रीपात्रस्थापनम्Setting up the śrīpātra
Verse 37
मूलं सञ्जप्य दशधा देवतावाहनञ्चरेत् । आवाह्य पुष्पाञ्जलिना पूजयेदिष्टदेवताम् । अखण्डाद्यैः पञ्चमन्त्रैर्मन्त्रयेत्तदनन्तरम् ॥ ३७ ॥
mūlaṁ sañjapya daśadhā dēvatāvāhanañcarēt | āvāhya puṣpāñjalinā pūjayēdiṣṭadēvatām | akhaṇḍādyaiḥ pañcamantrairmantrayēttadanantaram || 37 ||
Translation
Repeating the root mantra ten times he should invoke the deity; having invoked her, he should worship the chosen deity with a handful of flowers, and then consecrate it with the five mantras beginning "akhaṇḍa".
Word by word
- mūlaṁ
- the root mantra
- sañjapya
- repeating
- daśadhā
- ten times
- dēvatā
- deity
- āvāhana
- invocation
- ñcarēt
- (caret) should make
- āvāhya
- having invoked
- puṣpa
- flowers
- añjalinā
- with a handful
- pūjayēd
- (pūjayet) should worship
- iṣṭa
- chosen
- dēvatām
- deity
- akhaṇḍa
- akhaṇḍa
- ādyaiḥ
- beginning with
- pañca
- five
- mantrair
- (mantraiḥ) mantras
- mantrayēt
- should consecrate
- tad
- (tat) that
- anantaram
- after
Meaning
The five mantras follow in verses 38 to 42.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Then, having repeated the root mantra ten times over the sudhā-water in the arghya vessel, he should there make the invocation of the deity; having invoked the chosen deity, he should worship her with a handful of flowers. After that he should consecrate that same sudhā-water with the five mantras beginning "akhaṇḍa".