ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season
Verse 91
इत्यावाह्य मातृगणान् स्वशक्त्या परिपूज्य च । देहल्यां नाभिमात्रायां प्रादेशपरिमाणतः । सप्त वा पञ्च वा विन्दून् दद्यात् सिन्दूरचन्दनैः ॥ ९१ ॥
ityāvāhya mātṛgaṇān svaśaktyā paripūjya ca | dēhalyāṁ nābhimātrāyāṁ prādēśaparimāṇataḥ | sapta vā pañca vā vindūn dadyāt sindūracandanaiḥ || 91 ||
Translation
Having invited the hosts of Mothers so, and worshipped them as he is able, on the wall, at the height of the navel, within a span, he should make seven or five dots with vermilion and sandal.
Word by word
- iti
- thus
- āvāhya
- having invited
- mātṛ
- of Mothers
- gaṇān
- the hosts
- sva
- own
- śaktyā
- by the ability
- paripūjya
- having worshipped
- ca
- and
- dēhalyāṁ
- on the wall, the threshold
- nābhi
- the navel
- mātrāyāṁ
- at the height of
- prādēśa
- a span
- parimāṇataḥ
- within the measure of
- sapta
- seven
- vā
- or
- pañca
- five
- vindūn
- (bindūn) dots
- dadyāt
- (dadyāt) he should make
- sindūra
- with vermilion
- candanaiḥ
- and sandal
Meaning
The vasudhārā, "stream of wealth", is prepared. Dehalī is properly the threshold; it is also taken as the wall at navel height. Five or seven dots of vermilion and sandal paste are made in a row within the space of a span.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Iti" and the rest. Having invited the hosts of Mothers with these two mantras and worshipped them according to his means with scent, flowers and the rest, on the threshold (dehalī), at the height of the navel, over a space of a span, he should make seven or five drops with vermilion and sandal.