ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season
Verse 102
पुनराज्यं समादाय ध्यात्वा विष्णुं परात्परम् । विष्णो ज्येष्ठेन रूपेण नार्यामस्यां वरीयसम् । सुतमाधेहि ठद्वन्द्वमुक्त्वा वह्नौ हविस्त्यजेत् ॥ १०२ ॥
punarājyaṁ samādāya dhyātvā viṣṇuṁ parātparam | viṣṇō jyēṣṭhēna rūpēṇa nāryāmasyāṁ varīyasam | sutamādhēhi ṭhadvandvamuktvā vahnau havistyajēt || 102 ||
Translation
Taking ghee again and meditating on Viṣṇu, higher than the highest, saying "Viṣṇu, by your noblest form set in this woman a most excellent son" and the pair of ṭhas, he should cast the oblation into the fire.
Word by word
- punaḥ
- (punaḥ) again
- ājyaṁ
- ghee
- samādāya
- having taken
- dhyātvā
- having meditated on
- viṣṇuṁ
- Viṣṇu
- parātparam
- higher than the highest
- viṣṇō
- O Viṣṇu
- jyēṣṭhēna
- by the noblest
- rūpēṇa
- form
- nāryām
- (nāryām) in the woman
- asyāṁ
- this
- varīyasam
- (varīyasam) most excellent
- sutam
- (sutam) a son
- ādhēhi
- set
- ṭhadvandvam
- (ṭha-dvandvam) the pair of ṭhas, svāhā
- uktvā
- having said
- vahnau
- into the fire
- haviḥ
- (haviḥ) the oblation
- tyajēt
- he should cast
Meaning
The pair of ṭhas (ṭha-dvandva) is svāhā. The mantra: "viṣṇo jyeṣṭhena rūpeṇa nāryām asyāṁ varīyasaṁ sutam ādhehi svāhā". Jyeṣṭha rūpa is Viṣṇu's best and highest form; varīyas is "the very best".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Punaḥ" and the rest. Again taking ghee and meditating on Viṣṇu, higher than the highest, the best, and intending it for him, saying the mantra "viṣṇo jyeṣṭhena rūpeṇa nāryām asyāṁ varīyasaṁ sutam ādhehi svāhā", he should cast the oblation, ghee, into the fire: that is how the words go. "Jyeṣṭhena rūpeṇa": with your best, most distinguished form. "Varīyasam": the very best. Ṭha-dvandva, the pair of ṭhas: svāhā.