वैदिकतान्त्रिकोभयसन्ध्याकरणे युक्तिःWhy both the Vedic and the Tantric sandhyā are done
Verse 87
ताराद्या कमलाद्या च वाग्भवाद्या यथाक्रमात् । ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां सावित्री कथिता कलौ ॥ ८७ ॥
tārādyā kamalādyā ca vāgbhavādyā yathākramāt | brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṁ sāvitrī kathitā kalau || 87 ||
Translation
Beginning with Tāra, with Kamalā and with Vāgbhava, in that order, is the Sāvitrī told in the Kali age for the brāhmaṇa, the kṣatriya and the vaiśya.
Word by word
- tāra
- with Tāra
- ādyā
- (ādyā) beginning
- kamala
- with Kamalā
- ca
- and
- vāgbhava
- with Vāgbhava
- yathākramāt
- in that order
- brāhmaṇa
- for the brāhmaṇa
- kṣatriya
- the kṣatriya
- viśāṁ
- and the vaiśya
- sāvitrī
- the Sāvitrī
- kathitā
- is told
- kalau
- in the Kali age
Meaning
A coded verse, decoded by the commentary. Each of the three classes prefixes a different seed syllable to the Gāyatrī: "Tāra" is the praṇava, oṁ, for the brāhmaṇa; "Kamalā", the seed of Lakṣmī, śrīṁ, for the kṣatriya; "Vāgbhava", the seed of speech, aiṁ, for the vaiśya. So the brāhmaṇa says "oṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ tat savitur vareṇyaṁ…", the kṣatriya "śrīṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ…", the vaiśya "aiṁ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ…". Here the "marks of the rites" (verse 13) that differ by class become visible: the same prayer, with a different seed.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tārādyā…". In the Kali age, in order, for brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, the Sāvitrī, the Gāyatrī, is told as beginning with Tāra, the praṇava (oṁ); beginning with Kamalā, the seed śrīṁ; and beginning with Vāgbhava, the seed aiṁ.