गर्भाधानम्Garbhādhāna, the placing of the seed
Verse 113
शतमष्टोत्तरं जप्त्वा लिङ्गेऽप्येवं समाचरन् । विकाश्य मायया योनिं स्त्रियं गच्छेत् सुताप्तये ॥ ११३ ॥
śatamaṣṭōttaraṁ japtvā liṅgē’pyēvaṁ samācaran | vikāśya māyayā yōniṁ striyaṁ gacchēt sutāptayē || 113 ||
Translation
a hundred and eight times; doing the same over the liṅga, and opening the yoni with māyā, he should go to his wife to obtain a son.
Word by word
- śatam
- (śatam) a hundred
- aṣṭōttaraṁ
- and eight
- japtvā
- having recited
- liṅgē
- over the liṅga
- api
- also
- ēvaṁ
- the same
- samācaran
- doing
- vikāśya
- having opened
- māyayā
- with māyā (hrīṁ)
- yōniṁ
- the yoni
- striyaṁ
- to the woman
- gacchēt
- he should go
- suta
- a son
- āptayē
- to obtain
Meaning
The same seeds a hundred and eight times over the husband's organ; then, with hrīṁ, the union. In the Tantra the act of generation, done in this way, is worship: the couple stand for Śiva and Śakti, from whose union the world itself is born.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 112.