ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season
Verse 90
यानशक्तिसमारूढाः सौम्यमूर्त्तिधराः सदा । आयान्तु मातरः सर्वा यज्ञोत्सवसमृद्धये ॥ ९० ॥
yānaśaktisamārūḍhāḥ saumyamūrttidharāḥ sadā | āyāntu mātaraḥ sarvā yajñōtsavasamṛddhayē || 90 ||
Translation
Mounted on their vehicles and their powers, always wearing gentle forms, may all the Mothers come, for the flourishing of the festival of the sacrifice."
Word by word
- yāna
- on vehicles
- śakti
- and powers
- samārūḍhāḥ
- (samārūḍhāḥ) mounted
- saumya
- gentle
- mūrtti
- forms
- dharāḥ
- (dharāḥ) wearing
- sadā
- always
- āyāntu
- may they come
- mātaraḥ
- (mātaraḥ) the Mothers
- sarvāḥ
- all
- yajña
- of the sacrifice
- utsava
- of the festival
- samṛddhayē
- for the flourishing
Meaning
Each Mother comes on her vāhana, her animal mount, and with her śakti; and in a gentle (saumya) form, not a fierce one, because the occasion is a joyful one.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 89.