गर्भाधानम्Garbhādhāna, the placing of the seed
Verse 109
स्पृशन् पत्नीं पठेद्भर्त्ता मायाबीजपुरःसरम् । आवयोः सुप्रजायै त्वं शय्ये शुभकरी भव ॥ १०९ ॥
spṛśan patnīṁ paṭhēdbharttā māyābījapuraḥsaram | āvayōḥ suprajāyai tvaṁ śayyē śubhakarī bhava || 109 ||
Translation
touching his wife, the husband should recite, with the seed of māyā first: "O bed, be auspicious, for good offspring for us two."
Word by word
- spṛśan
- touching
- patnīṁ
- his wife
- paṭhēt
- (paṭhet) should recite
- bharttā
- the husband
- māyā
- of māyā
- bīja
- the seed (hrīṁ)
- puraḥsaram
- (puraḥsaram) going first
- āvayōḥ
- for us two
- suprajāyai
- for good offspring
- tvaṁ
- you
- śayyē
- O bed
- śubhakarī
- auspicious
- bhava
- be
Meaning
The mantra, with hrīṁ before it: "hrīṁ āvayoḥ suprajāyai tvaṁ śayye śubhakarī bhava". Even the bed is addressed and asked to favour the conception of a good child.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 108.