गर्भाधानम्Garbhādhāna, the placing of the seed
Verse 111
शीर्षे कामं शतं जप्त्वा चिवुके वाग्भवं शतम् । कण्ठे रमां विंशतिधा स्तनद्वन्द्वे शतं शतम् ॥ १११ ॥
śīrṣē kāmaṁ śataṁ japtvā civukē vāgbhavaṁ śatam | kaṇṭhē ramāṁ viṁśatidhā stanadvandvē śataṁ śatam || 111 ||
Translation
On her head he recites kāma a hundred times, on her chin the vāgbhava a hundred, on her throat ramā twenty times, on each breast a hundred.
Word by word
- śīrṣē
- on the head
- kāmaṁ
- kāma (klīṁ)
- śataṁ
- a hundred each
- japtvā
- having recited
- civukē
- on the chin
- vāgbhavaṁ
- the vāgbhava (aiṁ)
- śatam
- (śatam) a hundred
- kaṇṭhē
- on the throat
- ramāṁ
- ramā (śrīṁ)
- viṁśatidhā
- twenty times
- stana
- breasts
- dvandvē
- on the pair
Meaning
The seeds decoded by the commentary: kāma is klīṁ, placed on the head; vāgbhava is aiṁ, on the chin; ramā (Lakṣmī) is śrīṁ, on the throat twenty times and on each breast a hundred. Klīṁ is the seed of desire, aiṁ of speech and wisdom, śrīṁ of beauty and prosperity.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
At which place should he recite which mantra? To that question he says "śīrṣe kāmam" and the rest. On the head he recites kāma, the mantra klīṁ, a hundred times; on the chin, the part below the lips, the vāgbhava, the mantra aiṁ, a hundred times; on the throat ramā, the mantra śrīṁ, twenty times; and on the two breasts the mantra śrīṁ a hundred times each.