पुंसवनम्Puṁsavana
Verse 121
गव्ये दध्नि यवञ्चैकं द्वौ माषावपि निक्षिपेत् । पतिः पृच्छेत् स्त्रियं भद्रे किं त्वं पिवसि त्रिःकृतम् ॥ १२१ ॥
gavyē dadhni yavañcaikaṁ dvau māṣāvapi nikṣipēt | patiḥ pṛcchēt striyaṁ bhadrē kiṁ tvaṁ pivasi triḥkṛtam || 121 ||
Translation
Into a cow's curd he should put one grain of barley and two beans. The husband should ask the woman three times, "Good lady, what are you drinking?"
Word by word
- gavyē
- of a cow
- dadhni
- into curd
- yavaṁ
- barley
- ca
- and
- ēkaṁ
- one
- dvau
- two
- māṣau
- (māṣau) beans
- api
- also
- nikṣipēt
- he should put
- patiḥ
- the husband
- pṛcchēt
- (pṛcchet) should ask
- striyaṁ
- the woman
- bhadrē
- O good lady
- kiṁ
- what
- tvaṁ
- you
- pivasi
- (pibasi) are drinking
- triḥ
- three times
- kṛtam
- done
Meaning
Barley and māṣa beans, seeds that resemble the male organ in the old symbolism, are placed in curd. The question is asked three times.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Gavye" and the rest. Into curd of a cow he should put one grain of barley and two beans (māṣa). Then the husband should ask the woman three times (triḥkṛtam), "O good lady (bhadre), what are you drinking?"