प्रातःकृत्यं तथा स्नानं सन्ध्यां सम्विद्विशोधनम् । न्यासपूजाविधानञ्च बाह्याभ्यन्तरभेदतः ॥ २ ॥
prātaḥkṛtyaṁ tathā snānaṁ sandhyāṁ samvidviśōdhanam | nyāsapūjāvidhānañca bāhyābhyantarabhēdataḥ || 2 ||
Translation
the morning duties, the bath and the sandhyā, the purifying of saṃvid, and the method of nyāsa and worship, both outer and inner,
Word by word
- prātaḥ
- morning
- kṛtyaṁ
- duties
- tathā
- and
- snānaṁ
- the bath
- sandhyāṁ
- the sandhyā rite
- samvid
- (saṃvid) of saṃvid
- viśōdhanam
- the purifying
- nyāsa
- of nyāsa
- pūjā
- and worship
- vidhānañ
- (vidhānam) the method
- ca
- and
- bāhya
- outer
- abhyantara
- and inner
- bhēdataḥ
- according to the division
Meaning
Pārvatī's recollection lists, in order, what the two previous chapters taught: the duties on rising (prātaḥkṛtya), the ritual bath, the twilight rite (sandhyā), the purifying of saṃvid, the hemp (bhaṅgā) that some Kaula rites use, then the placing of mantras on the body (nyāsa) and the worship itself. Worship is "outer and inner" (bāhya-ābhyantara): the Goddess is worshipped with offerings in front of one, and inwardly in the mind, and the text treats the inner as the higher. The list reminds the reader how much ground has been covered: the hymn and armour now asked for are the last pieces of a complete daily discipline.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 1.