उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread
Verse 215
ततस्तु परमेशानि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् । पुनः प्रणवमुच्चार्य सावित्र्यर्थं गुरुर्वदेत् ॥ २१५ ॥
tatastu paramēśāni dhiyō yō naḥ pracōdayāt | punaḥ praṇavamuccārya sāvitryarthaṁ gururvadēt || 215 ||
Translation
then, Supreme Goddess, "dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt". Uttering the praṇava again, the guru should tell the meaning of the Sāvitrī.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- tu
- and
- paramēśāni
- O Supreme Goddess
- dhiyaḥ
- (dhiyaḥ) understandings
- yaḥ
- (yaḥ) who
- naḥ
- (naḥ) our
- pracōdayāt
- may impel
- punaḥ
- (punaḥ) again
- praṇavam
- (praṇavam) the praṇava
- uccārya
- having uttered
- sāvitrī
- of the Sāvitrī
- arthaṁ
- the meaning
- guruḥ
- (guruḥ) the guru
- vadēt
- should tell
Meaning
The assembled mantra: "tat savitur vareṇyaṁ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt" (Ṛgveda 3.62.10). It closes with oṁ again. The commentary says "the meaning of the Sāvitrī" includes the meaning of the praṇava and the vyāhṛtis, which the next verses give.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 214.