ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season
Verse 105
विष्णुं दुर्गां विधिं सूर्यं ध्यात्वा दद्यात् फलत्रयम् । ततः स्विष्टिकृतं हुत्वा प्रायश्चित्त्या समापयेत् ॥ १०५ ॥
viṣṇuṁ durgāṁ vidhiṁ sūryaṁ dhyātvā dadyāt phalatrayam | tataḥ sviṣṭikṛtaṁ hutvā prāyaścittyā samāpayēt || 105 ||
Translation
should give three fruits, meditating on Viṣṇu, Durgā, Vidhi and the Sun. Then, having offered the sviṣṭakṛt, he should close with the expiation.
Word by word
- viṣṇuṁ
- Viṣṇu
- durgāṁ
- Durgā
- vidhiṁ
- Vidhi (Brahmā)
- sūryaṁ
- the Sun
- dhyātvā
- having meditated on
- dadyāt
- (dadyāt) he should give
- phala
- fruits
- trayam
- three
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- sviṣṭikṛtaṁ
- the sviṣṭakṛt
- hutvā
- having offered
- prāyaścittyā
- with the expiation
- samāpayēt
- he should close
Meaning
Three fruits are placed in the lap of the wife's cloth, an old sign of fruitfulness, with Viṣṇu, Durgā, Brahmā (Vidhi, "the ordainer") and the Sun in mind. The rite closes as usual (verses 48-53).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 104.