ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season
Verse 103
कामेन पुटितां मायां मायया पुटितां बधूम् । पुनः कामञ्च मायाञ्च पठित्वाऽस्याः शिरः स्पृशेत् ॥ १०३ ॥
kāmēna puṭitāṁ māyāṁ māyayā puṭitāṁ badhūm | punaḥ kāmañca māyāñca paṭhitvā’syāḥ śiraḥ spṛśēt || 103 ||
Translation
Reciting māyā enclosed by kāma, the bride-seed enclosed by māyā, and again kāma and māyā, he should touch her head.
Word by word
- kāmēna
- by kāma (klīṁ)
- puṭitāṁ
- enclosed
- māyāṁ
- māyā (hrīṁ)
- māyayā
- by māyā
- badhūm
- (vadhūm) the bride-seed (strīṁ)
- punaḥ
- (punaḥ) again
- kāmam
- (kāmam) kāma
- ca
- and
- māyām
- (māyām) māyā
- paṭhitvā
- having recited
- asyāḥ
- (asyāḥ) her
- śiraḥ
- (śiraḥ) head
- spṛśēt
- he should touch
Meaning
A seed-mantra built by "enclosing" (puṭa): a seed is placed both before and after another. Māyā (hrīṁ) enclosed by kāma (klīṁ) gives klīṁ hrīṁ klīṁ; vadhū (strīṁ) enclosed by māyā gives hrīṁ strīṁ hrīṁ; then klīṁ hrīṁ. The commentary assembles it: "klīṁ hrīṁ klīṁ hrīṁ strīṁ hrīṁ klīṁ hrīṁ". With this the husband touches his wife's head.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Kāmena". Then māyā, the seed hrīṁ, enclosed (puṭita) at start and end by kāma, the seed klīṁ; likewise vadhū, the seed strīṁ, enclosed by māyā, the seed hrīṁ; then again kāma, the seed klīṁ, and māyā, the seed hrīṁ: reciting these, put together as the mantra "klīṁ hrīṁ klīṁ hrīṁ strīṁ hrīṁ klīṁ hrīṁ", he should touch the head of this woman, his wife.