षोड़शोपचाराः, उपचारप्रदानमन्त्राःThe sixteen offerings and their mantras
Verse 85
जयध्वनिमन्त्रमातः स्वाहेति मन्त्रपूर्वकम् । सम्पूज्य घण्टां वामेन वादयन् दक्षिणेन तु ॥ ८५ ॥
jayadhvanimantramātaḥ svāhēti mantrapūrvakam | sampūjya ghaṇṭāṁ vāmēna vādayan dakṣiṇēna tu || 85 ||
Translation
having worshipped the bell with the mantra beginning "jayadhvanimantramātaḥ svāhā", ringing it with the left hand, and with the right,
Word by word
- jaya
- victory
- dhvani
- sound
- mantra
- mantras
- mātaḥ
- O mother
- svāhā
- svāhā
- iti
- thus
- pūrvakam
- beginning with
- sampūjya
- having worshipped
- ghaṇṭāṁ
- the bell
- vāmēna
- with the left
- vādayan
- ringing
- dakṣiṇēna
- with the right
- tu
- and
Meaning
"O mother of mantras, sound of victory, svāhā": the bell is itself honoured as the Goddess of sound.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 84.