गर्भाधानम्Garbhādhāna, the placing of the seed
Verse 110
आरुह्य भार्यया शय्यां प्राङ्मुखो वाप्युदङ्मुखः । उपविश्य स्त्रियं पश्यन् हस्तमाधाय मस्तके । वामेन पाणिनाऽऽलिङ्ग्य स्थाने स्थाने मनुं जपेत् ॥ ११० ॥
āruhya bhāryayā śayyāṁ prāṅmukhō vāpyudaṅmukhaḥ | upaviśya striyaṁ paśyan hastamādhāya mastakē | vāmēna pāṇinā’’liṅgya sthānē sthānē manuṁ japēt || 110 ||
Translation
Mounting the bed with his wife, sitting facing east or north, looking at her, placing his hand on her head and embracing her with his left arm, he should recite a mantra at each place.
Word by word
- āruhya
- having mounted
- bhāryayā
- with his wife
- śayyāṁ
- the bed
- prāṅ
- east
- mukhaḥ
- (mukhaḥ) facing
- vā
- or
- api
- also
- udaṅ
- north
- upaviśya
- sitting
- striyaṁ
- the woman
- paśyan
- looking at
- hastam
- (hastam) his hand
- ādhāya
- placing
- mastakē
- on the head
- vāmēna
- with the left
- pāṇinā
- hand
- āliṅgya
- embracing
- sthānē
- at each place
- manuṁ
- the mantra
- japēt
- he should recite
Meaning
The nyāsa of the body: as in worship, where seeds are placed on the limbs of the worshipper, the husband places seeds on his wife's body, consecrating her as the Goddess. The right hand is on her head; the places and seeds follow.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Āruhya". Then, mounting the bed with his wife and sitting there facing east or north, looking at the woman, the husband places his right hand on her head, embraces her with his left hand, and should recite the mantra at each place.