🪷 ŚB 10.6.21

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

गोप्य: संस्पृष्टसलिला अङ्गेषु करयो: पृथक् । न्यस्यात्मन्यथ बालस्य बीजन्यासमकुर्वत ॥ २१ ॥

Transliteration

gopyaḥ saṁspṛṣṭa-salilā aṅgeṣu karayoḥ pṛthak nyasyātmany atha bālasya bīja-nyāsam akurvata
Synonyms
gopyaḥ — the gopīs; saṁspṛṣṭa-salilāḥ — touching a cup of water and drinking; aṅgeṣu — on their bodies; karayoḥ — on their two hands; pṛthak — separately; nyasya — after placing the letters of the mantra; ātmani — on their own; atha — then; bālasya — of the child; bīja-nyāsam — the process of mantra-nyāsa; akurvata — executed.

Translation

The gopīs first executed the process of ācamana, drinking a sip of water from the right hand. They purified their bodies and hands with the nyāsa-mantra and then applied the same mantra upon the body of the child.

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