ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season
Verse 85
अथोच्यते महामाये गर्भाधानादिकाः क्रियाः । तत्रादावृतुसंस्कारः कथ्यते क्रमतः शृणु ॥ ८५ ॥
athōcyatē mahāmāyē garbhādhānādikāḥ kriyāḥ | tatrādāvṛtusaṁskāraḥ kathyatē kramataḥ śṛṇu || 85 ||
Translation
Now, Mahāmāyā, the rites of garbhādhāna and the rest are told. First among them the rite of the season is told, in order: hear it.
Word by word
- atha
- now
- ucyatē
- (ucyate) are told
- mahāmāyē
- O Mahāmāyā
- garbhādhāna
- garbhādhāna
- ādikāḥ
- (ādikāḥ) and the rest
- kriyāḥ
- the rites
- tatra
- among them
- ādau
- first
- ṛtu
- of the season
- saṁskāraḥ
- (saṁskāraḥ) the rite
- kathyatē
- is told
- kramataḥ
- (kramataḥ) in order
- śṛṇu
- hear
Meaning
The sacraments proper begin. The ṛtu-saṁskāra, "rite of the season", marks a wife's fertile time after her monthly course and comes before garbhādhāna, the rite of conception. Śiva addresses the Goddess as Mahāmāyā, the great power from whom all birth comes.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 83.