पुंसवनम्Puṁsavana
Verse 118
कृतनित्यक्रियो भर्त्ता पञ्च देवान् समर्चयेत् । गौर्यादिमातृकाश्चैव वसोर्धारां प्रकल्पयेत् ॥ ११८ ॥
kṛtanityakriyō bharttā pañca dēvān samarcayēt | gauryādimātṛkāścaiva vasōrdhārāṁ prakalpayēt || 118 ||
Translation
Having done his daily rites, the husband should worship the five gods and the Mothers, Gaurī and the rest, and make the stream of wealth.
Word by word
- kṛta
- done
- nitya
- daily
- kriyaḥ
- (kriyaḥ) whose rites
- bharttā
- the husband
- pañca
- the five
- dēvān
- gods
- samarcayēt
- should worship
- gaurī
- Gaurī
- ādi
- and the rest
- mātṛkāḥ
- (mātṛkāḥ) the Mothers
- caiva
- (ca eva) and
- vasōḥ
- (vasoḥ) of wealth
- dhārāṁ
- the stream
- prakalpayēt
- should make
Meaning
The opening of every sacrament, as in verses 86-92.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He gives the procedure of the act of puṁsavana (the rite for a male child) with "kṛtanityakriyaḥ" and the rest. Having done his daily rites, the husband should worship the five gods told before, Brahmā and the rest.