संक्षेपपूजा, संक्षेपपुरश्चरणम्Worship in brief, the preparatory rite in brief
Verse 80
सर्वाङ्गव्यापकं कृत्वा प्राणायामं चरेत् सुधीः । ध्यानं पूजां जपञ्चेति संक्षेपपूजने विधिः ॥ ८० ॥
sarvāṅgavyāpakaṁ kṛtvā prāṇāyāmaṁ carēt sudhīḥ | dhyānaṁ pūjāṁ japañcēti saṁkṣēpapūjanē vidhiḥ || 80 ||
Translation
having made the nyāsa that pervades the whole body, the wise one should do prāṇāyāma; then meditation, worship and japa: this is the method of the brief worship.
Word by word
- sarva
- the whole
- aṅga
- body
- vyāpakaṁ
- which pervades
- kṛtvā
- having made
- prāṇāyāmaṁ
- prāṇāyāma
- carēt
- should do
- sudhīḥ
- the wise one
- dhyānaṁ
- meditation
- pūjāṁ
- worship
- japañ
- (japam) japa
- ca
- and
- iti
- thus
- saṁkṣēpa
- of the brief
- pūjanē
- worship
- vidhiḥ
- the method
Meaning
The vyāpaka-nyāsa, which the commentary names, is a sweep of the mantra over the whole body from head to foot. Then breath control (prāṇāyāma), meditation on the Goddess's form, worship, and japa. That is all the short form requires: purification, nyāsa, breath, meditation, worship, recitation. A practitioner with little time can complete it in a short sitting.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Sarvāṅga-vyāpakam: the nyāsa that pervades the whole body (vyāpaka-nyāsa).