पुंसवनम्Puṁsavana
Verse 125
भूताः प्रेताः पिशाचाश्च वेताला बालघातकाः । तान् सर्वान् नाशय द्वन्द्वं गर्भरक्षां कुरु द्विठः ॥ १२५ ॥
bhūtāḥ prētāḥ piśācāśca vētālā bālaghātakāḥ | tān sarvān nāśaya dvandvaṁ garbharakṣāṁ kuru dviṭhaḥ || 125 ||
Translation
bhūtas, pretas, piśācas, vetālas, slayers of children: destroy them all", the pair, "make the protection of the embryo", dviṭha.
Word by word
- bhūtāḥ
- (bhūtāḥ) bhūtas
- prētāḥ
- (pretāḥ) pretas
- piśācāḥ
- (piśācāḥ) piśācas
- ca
- and
- vētālāḥ
- (vetālāḥ) vetālas
- bāla
- of children
- ghātakāḥ
- (ghātakāḥ) slayers
- tān
- them
- sarvān
- all
- nāśaya
- destroy
- dvandvaṁ
- the pair (twice)
- garbha
- of the embryo
- rakṣāṁ
- protection
- kuru
- make
- dviṭhaḥ
- (dviṭhaḥ) svāhā
Meaning
The full mantra, assembled by the commentary: "hrīṁ hūṁ ye garbhavighnakartāro ye ca garbhavināśakā bhūtāḥ pretāḥ piśācāś ca vetālā bālaghātakās tān sarvān nāśaya nāśaya garbharakṣāṁ kuru svāhā". The "pair" (dvandva) is nāśaya said twice; dviṭha is svāhā. Bhūtas are spirits; pretas the restless dead whose rites were not done; piśācas foul and malignant beings; vetālas spirits that occupy corpses.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 124.