सर्वकार्येषु देवार्चनापितृतर्पणं कर्त्तव्यम्Worship of the gods and the ancestors in every rite
Verse 120
यथा प्रतिष्ठाकार्येषु देवार्चा पितृतर्पणम् । वास्तोर्यागे ग्रहाणाञ्च तद्वदेव विधीयते ॥ १२० ॥
yathā pratiṣṭhākāryēṣu dēvārcā pitṛtarpaṇam | vāstōryāgē grahāṇāñca tadvadēva vidhīyatē || 120 ||
Translation
As in rites of installation the worship of the gods and the libation to the ancestors are prescribed, so are they in the sacrifice to Vāstu and to the planets.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- pratiṣṭhā
- of installation
- kāryēṣu
- in rites
- dēva
- of the gods
- arcā
- (arcā) the worship
- pitṛ
- to the ancestors
- tarpaṇam
- the libation
- vāstōḥ
- (vāstoḥ) to Vāstu
- yāgē
- in the sacrifice
- grahāṇāṁ
- to the planets
- ca
- and
- tadvat
- so
- ēva
- indeed
- vidhīyatē
- is prescribed
Meaning
The preliminaries of an installation (worship of the gods, offering to the ancestors) belong also to a Vāstu or planet sacrifice done on its own.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 118.