उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 209
ततो दुर्गा महालक्ष्मीः सुन्दरी भुवनेश्वरी । इन्द्रादिदशदिक्पाला भास्करादिनवग्रहाः ॥ २०९ ॥
tatō durgā mahālakṣmīḥ sundarī bhuvanēśvarī | indrādidaśadikpālā bhāskarādinavagrahāḥ || 209 ||
Translation
Then for Durgā, Mahālakṣmī, Sundarī and Bhuvaneśvarī, the ten guardians of the quarters beginning with Indra, and the nine planets beginning with the Sun,
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- durgā
- Durgā
- mahālakṣmīḥ
- (mahālakṣmīḥ) Mahālakṣmī
- sundarī
- Sundarī
- bhuvanēśvarī
- Bhuvaneśvarī
- indra
- Indra
- ādi
- beginning with
- daśa
- the ten
- dikpālāḥ
- (dikpālāḥ) guardians of the quarters
- bhāskara
- the Sun
- nava
- the nine
- grahāḥ
- (grahāḥ) planets
Meaning
Further oblations, each with its own name by the rule of verse 208.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tataḥ" and the rest. Then, having offered for Durgā, Mahālakṣmī and these others with each one's name, beginning with the seed hrīṁ and ending with svāhā, and covering the boy with a cloth (vāsas), the wise guru should ask the boy, the māṇavaka, who now holds himself a brahmacārin: "Child, which is your āśrama? Tell me what is in your mind."