संक्षेपपूजा, संक्षेपपुरश्चरणम्Worship in brief, the preparatory rite in brief
Verse 83
महानिशायामयुतं जपेन्मन्त्रमनन्यधीः । भोजयित्वा ब्रह्मनिष्ठान् पुरश्चरणकृद्भवेत् ॥ ८३ ॥
mahāniśāyāmayutaṁ japēnmantramananyadhīḥ | bhōjayitvā brahmaniṣṭhān puraścaraṇakṛdbhavēt || 83 ||
Translation
in the great night he should recite the mantra ten thousand times, his mind on nothing else; having fed those devoted to Brahman, he has done the preparatory rite.
Word by word
- mahā
- in the great
- niśāyām
- night
- ayutaṁ
- ten thousand times
- japēn
- (japet) he should recite
- mantram
- the mantra
- ananya
- on nothing else
- dhīḥ
- his mind
- bhōjayitvā
- having fed
- brahma
- in Brahman
- niṣṭhān
- those devoted
- puraścaraṇa
- of the preparatory rite
- kṛd
- (kṛt) the doer
- bhavēt
- he is
Meaning
In the "great night" (mahāniśā), the deep middle of the night, the practitioner recites the mantra ten thousand times (ayuta, as the commentary glosses), with undivided attention (ananya-dhī). Then he feeds those established in Brahman (brahma-niṣṭha), the realised; with that the preparatory rite is done. One concentrated night replaces a long course.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Ayutam: ten thousand.