30. atha arcanam—
Commentary — decoded
Jīva Gosvāmī + Mukunda-dāsa Gosvāmī + Viśvanātha Cakravartī
s1gloss
śuddhir bhūta-śuddhiḥ |
śuddhiḥ'śuddhi' (the word 'purification' from the verse)(श्लोक का) 'शुद्धि' शब्द
bhūta-śuddhiḥmeans bhūta-śuddhi — the purification of the bodily elementsभूतशुद्धि — अर्थात् (शरीर के) भूतों की शुद्धि
śuddhiḥ — the word 'śuddhi'; bhūta-śuddhiḥ — means bhūta-śuddhi, purification of the elements
śuddhiḥ — शुद्धि; bhūta-śuddhiḥ — भूतशुद्धि
He explains the first word. 'Śuddhi' in the verse means bhūta-śuddhi — the rite of purifying the bodily elements. So it is not purification in general; it points to that specific opening rite.
यहाँ 'शुद्धि' से भूतशुद्धि अभिप्रेत है।
bhūta-śuddhi: literally 'purification of the elements (bhūta).' A standard preparatory rite in which the worshipper ritually dissolves and repurifies the material elements of the body before worship.
भूतशुद्धि का शब्दार्थ है 'भूतों (तत्त्वों) की शुद्धि।' यह एक प्रसिद्ध पूर्वकृत्य है जिसमें उपासक पूजा से पहले अपने शरीर के भौतिक तत्त्वों को विधिपूर्वक विलीन करके पुनः शुद्ध करता है।
s2gloss
nyāsāḥ mātṛkā-nyāsādayaḥ |
nyāsāḥ'nyāsas' (the word 'nyāsa,' taken as a plural — the several placings)(श्लोक का) 'न्यास' शब्द
mātṛkā-nyāsa-ādayaḥmeans mātṛkā-nyāsa and the rest — placing the alphabet-syllables on the body, and the other nyāsas along with itमातृका-न्यास आदि (न्यास)
nyāsāḥ — the nyāsas; mātṛkā-nyāsa-ādayaḥ — mean mātṛkā-nyāsa and the others
nyāsāḥ — न्यास; mātṛkā-nyāsa-ādayaḥ — मातृका-न्यास आदि
He explains the next word. 'Nyāsa' is plural — the various placings. It means mātṛkā-nyāsa and the rest: installing the mātṛkā (the syllables of the alphabet) onto the body, and the other nyāsas that go with it.
यहाँ 'न्यास' से मातृका-न्यास आदि लिए जाते हैं।
mātṛkā: the 'little mothers,' i.e. the letters of the Sanskrit alphabet regarded as sound-powers. Mātṛkā-nyāsa is placing these syllables, one by one, on parts of the body.
मातृका अर्थात् 'छोटी माताएँ', यानी संस्कृत वर्णमाला के अक्षर, जिन्हें शब्द-शक्ति के रूप में देखा जाता है। मातृका-न्यास इन्हीं अक्षरों को एक-एक करके शरीर के अंगों पर स्थापित करना है।
s3gloss
tad-ādikaṁ pūrvam aṅgaṁ yasya |
tad-ādikamthose things (śuddhi, nyāsa) and what begins with them — i.e. the whole set starting with them picks up ādi from the verse compoundउन (शुद्धि-न्यास) आदि को — (श्लोक के समास के 'आदि' को लेकर)
pūrvam aṅgamare the preceding limb — the preparatory part that comes firstपूर्व अंग
yasyaof which (of that worship) — 'the worship whose preceding limbs these are' bahuvrīhi: relative pronoun resolving pūrva-aṅga as 'that which has these as its prior limbs'जिसके — अर्थात् जिस (अर्चन) के ये पूर्व अंग हैं
yasya — of which (worship); tad-ādikam — those (śuddhi, nyāsa) and the rest; pūrvam aṅgam — are the preceding limb
yasya — जिसके; tad-ādikam — वे शुद्धि-न्यास आदि; pūrvam aṅgam — पूर्व अंग (हैं)
Now he unpacks the compound 'pūrva-aṅga' (preceding limb). Read it as a bahuvrīhi: it describes the worship 'of which those rites — śuddhi, nyāsa, and the rest — are the preceding limbs.' In plain terms: those rites are the preparatory parts that come first, and the worship is what they are the parts of.
जिस अर्चन के ये शुद्धि-न्यास आदि पूर्व अंग हैं — यह बहुव्रीहि समास है।
aṅga: literally 'limb, part.' A subsidiary or supporting element of a rite, as opposed to the main act (aṅgin). Here śuddhi and nyāsa are aṅgas — supporting parts — of arcana.
अंग का शब्दार्थ है 'अवयव, भाग।' किसी कृत्य का वह गौण या सहायक भाग जो मुख्य कर्म (अंगी) से भिन्न होता है। यहाँ शुद्धि और न्यास अर्चन के अंग हैं — अर्थात् उसके सहायक भाग।
s4conclusion
tādṛśa-karma-nirvāha-pūrvakaṁ yan-mantreṇopacārāṇāṁ samarpaṇaṁ tad-arcanam ity anvayaḥ ||
tādṛśa-karma-nirvāha-pūrvakamonly after carrying out such rites — the preparatory acts just described being completed first adverbial -pūrvakam, restating the verseउस प्रकार के (पूर्वांग) कर्मों का निर्वाह पहले कर लेने पर
yat mantreṇa upacārāṇām samarpaṇamthe act of offering up the articles of service by mantra — whatever presenting of the upacāras is done with the proper formula yat…tat correlative: 'that offering which…'जो मन्त्र के द्वारा उपचारों का समर्पण (है)
tat arcanamthat is arcana — that presenting is precisely what the word denotesवह अर्चन है
iti anvayaḥ— such is the construe (this is how the words of the verse fit together)ऐसा अन्वय है — (वाक्य का यही संगति-क्रम है)
tādṛśa-karma-nirvāha-pūrvakam — after carrying out such rites; yat mantreṇa upacārāṇām samarpaṇam — whatever offering of the articles of service is made by mantra; tat arcanam — that is arcana; iti anvayaḥ — such is the construe
tādṛśa-karma-nirvāha-pūrvakam — उस प्रकार के कर्मों का निर्वाह पहले करके; yat mantreṇa upacārāṇām samarpaṇam — जो मन्त्र के द्वारा उपचारों का समर्पण; tat arcanam — वह अर्चन है; iti anvayaḥ — ऐसा अन्वय है
He now gives the finished construe, restating the whole verse in prose order. After the preparatory rites are completed, the offering of the upacāras to the deity by mantra — that is what 'arcana' means. So the sense is: do the preliminaries first, then offer the articles of service with mantra; that offering is arcana.
उस प्रकार के पूर्वांग कर्मों को पहले सम्पन्न करके, जो मन्त्र के द्वारा उपचारों का समर्पण किया जाता है, वही अर्चन है। वाक्य की संगति इसी प्रकार है।