पात्रस्थापनविधिः, तर्पणविधिःThe rule of setting the vessels; the rule of tarpaṇa
Verse 50
गुरुपात्रामृतेनैव तर्पयेद् गुरुसन्ततिम् । सहस्रारे निजगुरुं सपत्नीकं प्रतर्प्य च । वाग्भवाद्यस्वस्वनाम्ना तद्वद्गुरुचतुष्टयम् ॥ ५० ॥
gurupātrāmṛtēnaiva tarpayēd gurusantatim | sahasrārē nijaguruṁ sapatnīkaṁ pratarpya ca | vāgbhavādyasvasvanāmnā tadvadgurucatuṣṭayam || 50 ||
Translation
With the nectar of the guru's vessel he should satisfy the line of gurus: in the thousand-petalled lotus, having satisfied his own guru with his wife, likewise the four gurus, each by name with vāgbhava first.
Word by word
- guru
- guru
- pātra
- vessel
- amṛtēna
- with the nectar
- ēva
- just
- tarpayēd
- (tarpayet) should satisfy
- santatim
- line
- sahasrārē
- in the thousand-petalled lotus
- nija
- own
- guruṁ
- guru
- sapatnīkaṁ
- with his wife
- pratarpya
- having satisfied
- ca
- and
- vāgbhava
- vāgbhava (aiṁ)
- ādya
- first
- svasva
- each own
- nāmnā
- by name
- tadvad
- (tadvat) likewise
- catuṣṭayam
- the four
Meaning
Vāgbhava is aiṁ. The commentary gives the mantras: aiṁ sapatnīkam (name)-ānandanāthaṁ śrīguruṁ tarpayāmi namaḥ, then the same for the paramaguru, parāparaguru and parameṣṭhiguru: the guru, his guru, and the two above.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
With the nectar of the guru's vessel itself he should satisfy the succession of gurus, the company of gurus. To the question "with which mantra and in which place should he satisfy the succession of gurus?" he says "sahasrāre…". In the thousand-petalled lotus, having satisfied his own guru with his wife, he should satisfy the four gurus in the same way as his own guru, each by his own name with vāgbhava, the seed aiṁ, first. Thus: with "aiṁ sapatnīkam amukānandanāthaṁ śrīguruṁ tarpayāmi namaḥ" his own guru (naming him); with "aiṁ sapatnīkaṁ paramaguruṁ tarpayāmi namaḥ" the guru's guru; with "aiṁ sapatnīkaṁ parāparaguruṁ tarpayāmi namaḥ" the next; with "aiṁ sapatnīkaṁ parameṣṭhiguruṁ tarpayāmi namaḥ" the highest guru.