गर्भाधानम्Garbhādhāna, the placing of the seed
Verse 114
रेतःसम्पातसमये ध्यात्वा विश्वकृतं पतिः । नाभेरधस्तात् चित्कुण्डे रक्तिकायां प्रपातयेत् ॥ ११४ ॥
rētaḥsampātasamayē dhyātvā viśvakṛtaṁ patiḥ | nābhēradhastāt citkuṇḍē raktikāyāṁ prapātayēt || 114 ||
Translation
At the moment of release, meditating on the maker of all, the husband should let the seed fall into the raktikā, in the pool of consciousness below the navel.
Word by word
- rētaḥ
- (retaḥ) of the seed
- sampāta
- release
- samayē
- at the moment
- dhyātvā
- having meditated on
- viśvakṛtaṁ
- the maker of all
- patiḥ
- the husband
- nābhēḥ
- (nābheḥ) the navel
- adhastāt
- (adhastāt) below
- cit
- of consciousness
- kuṇḍē
- in the pool
- raktikāyāṁ
- into the raktikā
- prapātayēt
- he should let fall
Meaning
The ṭīkā takes "viśvakṛt", maker of all, as Prajāpati. The cit-kuṇḍa, "pool of consciousness", is the womb; the raktikā is the nāḍī there, named for its blood-red colour. Even the bodily act is seen in the terms of the subtle body.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Retaḥsampāta" and the rest. At the time of the falling of the seed, the husband, meditating on Prajāpati, the maker of all (viśvakṛt), should let the seed fall into the cit-kuṇḍa, the "pool of consciousness", below the navel, into the raktikā nāḍī.