पात्रस्थापनविधिः, तर्पणविधिःThe rule of setting the vessels; the rule of tarpaṇa
Verse 48
वामाङ्गुष्ठानामिकाभ्याममृतं पात्रसंस्थितम् । गृहीत्वा शुद्धिखण्डेन दक्षया तत्त्वमुद्रया । सर्वत्र तर्पणं कुर्यात् विधिरेषः प्रकीर्त्तितः ॥ ४८ ॥
vāmāṅguṣṭhānāmikābhyāmamṛtaṁ pātrasaṁsthitam | gṛhītvā śuddhikhaṇḍēna dakṣayā tattvamudrayā | sarvatra tarpaṇaṁ kuryāt vidhirēṣaḥ prakīrttitaḥ || 48 ||
Translation
Taking the nectar in the vessel with the left thumb and ring finger, with the piece of śuddhi, and with the right hand in the tattva gesture, he should make tarpaṇa everywhere: this is the rule declared.
Word by word
- vāma
- left
- aṅguṣṭha
- thumb
- anāmikābhyām
- and ring finger
- amṛtaṁ
- the nectar
- pātra
- vessel
- saṁsthitam
- placed in
- gṛhītvā
- taking
- śuddhi
- śuddhi
- khaṇḍēna
- with the piece
- dakṣayā
- with the right
- tattva
- tattva
- mudrayā
- gesture
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- tarpaṇaṁ
- tarpaṇa
- kuryāt
- should make
- vidhir
- (vidhiḥ) rule
- ēṣaḥ
- this
- prakīrttitaḥ
- is declared
Meaning
The rule for every tarpaṇa of the rite that follows.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Taking with the left thumb and ring finger the nectar placed in the vessel, together with the piece of śuddhi, and with the right hand in the tattva gesture, he should make tarpaṇa everywhere. This rule is declared for tarpaṇa everywhere.