ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season
Verse 86
कृतनित्यक्रियः शुद्धः पञ्च देवान् समर्चयेत् । ब्रह्मा दुर्गा गणेशश्च ग्रहा दिक्पतयस्तथा ॥ ८६ ॥
kṛtanityakriyaḥ śuddhaḥ pañca dēvān samarcayēt | brahmā durgā gaṇēśaśca grahā dikpatayastathā || 86 ||
Translation
Having done his daily rites and being pure, he should worship the five gods: Brahmā, Durgā and Gaṇeśa, the planets and the guardians of the quarters.
Word by word
- kṛta
- done
- nitya
- daily
- kriyaḥ
- (kriyaḥ) whose rites
- śuddhaḥ
- (śuddhaḥ) pure
- pañca
- the five
- dēvān
- gods
- samarcayēt
- he should worship
- brahmā
- Brahmā
- durgā
- Durgā
- gaṇēśaḥ
- (gaṇeśaḥ) Gaṇeśa
- ca
- and
- grahāḥ
- (grahāḥ) the planets
- dikpatayaḥ
- (dikpatayaḥ) the guardians of the quarters
- tathā
- and
Meaning
The opening worship common to every sacrament: the five deities, Brahmā, Durgā, Gaṇeśa, the nine grahas (planets) and the dikpālas (guardians of the directions), who preside over the success of the rite.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He gives the procedure of the ṛtu-saṁskāra (the rite at the season, for conception) with "kṛtanityakriyaḥ" and the rest. Which five gods should he worship? To that question he says "brahmā" and the rest.