गोप्य: संस्पृष्टसलिला अङ्गेषु करयो: पृथक् । न्यस्यात्मन्यथ बालस्य बीजन्यासमकुर्वत ॥ २१ ॥
gopyaḥ saṁspṛṣṭa-salilā aṅgeṣu karayoḥ pṛthak nyasyātmany atha bālasya bīja-nyāsam akurvata
- 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
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.