Shloka 93
The Greatness of the Gaṅgā: Purification, Ancestor Rites, and Liberation
स्वस्ति स्वाहा स्वधा दीक्षा एता गायत्रिजा स्मृताः । उच्चारयेत्सदा यज्ञे गायत्रीं मातृकादिभिः
svasti svāhā svadhā dīkṣā etā gāyatrijā smṛtāḥ | uccārayetsadā yajñe gāyatrīṃ mātṛkādibhiḥ
‘سواستی’، ‘سواہا’، ‘سودھا’ اور ‘دیکشا’—یہ سب گایتری سے پیدا شدہ سمجھے گئے ہیں۔ اس لیے ہر یَجْیَ میں ماترِکا دیویوں وغیرہ کے ساتھ ہمیشہ گایتری کا اُچار کرنا چاہیے۔
Not explicitly stated in the provided excerpt (context-dependent within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 62).
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: uccārayet+sadā → uccārayetsadā; mātṛkā+ādibhiḥ → mātṛkādibhiḥ; etā in text treated as etāḥ (plural agreement with smṛtāḥ).
FAQs
‘Svāhā’ marks offerings to the devas in yajña, while ‘Svadhā’ is the traditional offering-formula connected with pitṛ rites. The verse links both to Gāyatrī as a foundational sacred power of speech used in ritual.
It presents Gāyatrī as a generative source of key ritual utterances and consecratory power—suggesting that auspicious blessing, offering-cries, ancestral oblations, and initiation derive their efficacy from Gāyatrī.
It advises that Gāyatrī should be regularly recited in sacrificial contexts, together with the Mātṛkās and other associated sacred formulae or deity-invocations, emphasizing integrated mantra-recitation.