उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 208
मायादिवह्निजायान्तैर्जुहुयात् स्वस्वनामभिः । अनुक्तमन्त्रे सर्वत्र विधिरेषः प्रकीर्त्तितः ॥ २०८ ॥
māyādivahnijāyāntairjuhuyāt svasvanāmabhiḥ | anuktamantrē sarvatra vidhirēṣaḥ prakīrttitaḥ || 208 ||
Translation
He should offer with each one's own name, beginning with māyā and ending with the wife of fire. Wherever no mantra is given, this is the rule.
Word by word
- māyā
- māyā (hrīṁ)
- ādi
- beginning with
- vahni
- of fire
- jāyā
- the wife (svāhā)
- antaiḥ
- (antaiḥ) ending with
- juhuyāt
- (juhuyāt) he should offer
- svasva
- each one's own
- nāmabhiḥ
- with the names
- anukta
- not given
- mantrē
- where the mantra
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- vidhiḥ
- (vidhiḥ) the rule
- ēṣaḥ
- (eṣaḥ) this
- prakīrttitaḥ
- is declared
Meaning
A general rule of the Tantra: when no mantra is stated, the offering is made with the deity's name in the dative, with hrīṁ before and svāhā after: "hrīṁ prajāpataye svāhā", "hrīṁ śakrāya svāhā", and so on.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
With which mantras should he give the oblations for the five gods? To that he says "māyādi" and the rest. With their own names, beginning with māyā, the seed hrīṁ, and ending with vahnijāyā, svāhā, he should offer for the five gods, Prajāpati and the rest (hrīṁ prajāpataye svāhā and so on). But is the homa with their own names, beginning with māyā and ending with vahnijāyā, to be done only for the five gods, Prajāpati and the rest, or also where other gods are meant? To that he says "anuktamantre" and the rest: wherever no mantra is given, this is the rule.