उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 213
ऋषिः सदाशिवः प्रोक्तः छन्दस्त्रिष्टुबुदाहृतम् । अधिष्ठात्री तु सावित्री मोक्षार्थे विनियोगिता ॥ २१३ ॥
ṛṣiḥ sadāśivaḥ prōktaḥ chandastriṣṭubudāhṛtam | adhiṣṭhātrī tu sāvitrī mōkṣārthē viniyōgitā || 213 ||
Translation
Its seer is said to be Sadāśiva, its metre triṣṭubh; its presiding deity is Sāvitrī; it is used for liberation.
Word by word
- ṛṣiḥ
- (ṛṣiḥ) the seer
- sadāśivaḥ
- (sadāśivaḥ) Sadāśiva
- prōktaḥ
- (proktaḥ) is said
- chandaḥ
- (chandaḥ) the metre
- triṣṭub
- (triṣṭup) triṣṭubh
- udāhṛtam
- (udāhṛtam) is given
- adhiṣṭhātrī
- the presiding deity
- tu
- and
- sāvitrī
- Sāvitrī
- mōkṣa
- liberation
- arthē
- for
- viniyōgitā
- its use
Meaning
The ṛṣyādi of the Gāyatrī as this Tantra gives it (the Vedic tradition names Viśvāmitra as seer and gāyatrī as metre). The ṭīkā gives the nyāsa: "on the head, to Sadāśiva the seer, namaḥ; in the mouth, to the metre triṣṭubh, namaḥ; in the heart, to Sāvitrī the presiding deity, namaḥ"; then the japa.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he gives the seer and the rest of the Gāyatrī with "ṛṣiḥ" and the rest. Of this Gāyatrī the seer is Sadāśiva, the metre triṣṭubh, the presiding deity Sāvitrī, and its use is for liberation. Having done the nyāsa of the seer and the rest — "śirasi sadāśivāya ṛṣaye namaḥ" (on the head, to Sadāśiva the seer), "mukhe triṣṭup-chandase namaḥ" (in the mouth, to the triṣṭubh metre), "hṛdaye sāvitryai adhiṣṭhātryai devatāyai namaḥ" (in the heart, to Sāvitrī the presiding deity) — the japa of the Sāvitrī is to be done.