ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season
Verse 92
प्रत्येकविन्दुं मतिमान् कामं मायां रमां स्मरन् । घृतधारामविच्छिन्नां दत्त्वा तत्र वसुं यजेत् ॥ ९२ ॥
pratyēkavinduṁ matimān kāmaṁ māyāṁ ramāṁ smaran | ghṛtadhārāmavicchinnāṁ dattvā tatra vasuṁ yajēt || 92 ||
Translation
Over each dot the wise one, remembering kāma, māyā and ramā, pours an unbroken stream of ghee, and there worships Vasu.
Word by word
- pratyēka
- each
- vinduṁ
- over the dot
- matimān
- the wise one
- kāmaṁ
- kāma (klīṁ)
- māyāṁ
- māyā (hrīṁ)
- ramāṁ
- ramā (śrīṁ)
- smaran
- remembering
- ghṛta
- of ghee
- dhārām
- (dhārām) a stream
- avicchinnāṁ
- unbroken
- dattvā
- having poured
- tatra
- there
- vasuṁ
- Vasu
- yajēt
- he should worship
Meaning
Decoded by the ṭīkā: kāma is klīṁ, māyā is hrīṁ, ramā (Lakṣmī) is śrīṁ. With these three seeds he lets ghee run down from each dot in an unbroken stream, and worships the god Vasu there with scent and flowers. Vasu is the deity of wealth; the streams of ghee are the vasudhārā.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Pratyeka" and the rest. The wise performer, remembering for each drop the seeds kāma, klīṁ, māyā, hrīṁ, and ramā, śrīṁ, gives an unbroken stream of ghee and there worships the god Vasu with scent, flowers and the rest.