वास्तुयागविधिःThe rite of the Vāstu sacrifice
Verse 141
एतेषामुक्तकृत्यानामनुष्ठानं पृथक् पृथक् । वास्तुयागक्रमाद्देवि कथयाम्यवधीयताम् ॥ १४१ ॥
ētēṣāmuktakṛtyānāmanuṣṭhānaṁ pṛthak pṛthak | vāstuyāgakramāddēvi kathayāmyavadhīyatām || 141 ||
Translation
I shall tell you how each of these acts is carried out, one by one, beginning with the order of the Vāstu sacrifice, O Devī; attend.
Word by word
- ētēṣām
- of these
- ukta
- (ukta) described
- kṛtyānām
- acts
- anuṣṭhānaṁ
- the carrying out
- pṛthak
- one by one
- vāstu
- of the Vāstu
- yāga
- sacrifice
- kramāt
- from the order
- dēvi
- O Devī
- kathayāmi
- I shall tell
- avadhīyatām
- attend
Meaning
Verses 142-152 give the order of the Vāstu sacrifice as a rite on its own; verses 153-177 the consecration of a well and a tank; 178-183 a house; 183-266 a house given to a god; 267-310 the installation of an image of Ādyā.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Anuṣṭhānam: the carrying out.