संक्षेपपूजा, संक्षेपपुरश्चरणम्Worship in brief, the preparatory rite in brief
Verse 84
कुजवासरमारभ्य यावन्मङ्गलवासरम् । प्रत्यहं प्रजपेन्मन्त्रं सहस्रपरिसंख्यया ॥ ८४ ॥
kujavāsaramārabhya yāvanmaṅgalavāsaram | pratyahaṁ prajapēnmantraṁ sahasraparisaṁkhyayā || 84 ||
Translation
Starting on a Tuesday and continuing to the next Tuesday, he should recite the mantra each day, a thousand times;
Word by word
- kuja
- of Mars
- vāsaram
- the day
- ārabhya
- starting on
- yāvan
- (yāvat) up to
- maṅgala
- of Maṅgala (Mars)
- pratyahaṁ
- each day
- prajapēn
- (prajapet) he should recite
- mantraṁ
- the mantra
- sahasra
- a thousand
- parisaṁkhyayā
- in number
Meaning
A third form, as the commentary says, in a verse and a half. From one Tuesday (kuja-vāsara) to the next, "the second Tuesday", as the commentary explains: eight days of a thousand recitations each. The total of eight thousand is given in verse 85.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he gives the third preparatory rite, in a verse and a half beginning "kuja…". Yāvan-maṅgala-vāsaram: up to the second Tuesday, is the sense. (This explanation covers verses 84 to 86.)