मूलप्रकृतेः रूपकल्पनायां युक्तिःWhy a form is imagined for Mūlaprakṛti
Verse 15
दारुधातुमयीं वापि निर्माय यदि साधकः । विचित्रभवनं कृत्वा वस्त्रालङ्कारभूषिताम् । स्थापयेत्तत्र देवेशीं किं फलं तस्य जायते ॥ १५ ॥
dārudhātumayīṁ vāpi nirmāya yadi sādhakaḥ | vicitrabhavanaṁ kṛtvā vastrālaṅkārabhūṣitām | sthāpayēttatra dēvēśīṁ kiṁ phalaṁ tasya jāyatē || 15 ||
Translation
…or of wood or metal, and builds a beautiful house and installs there the queen of the gods adorned with clothes and ornaments, what fruit comes to him?
Word by word
- dāru
- of wood
- dhātu
- or metal
- mayīṁ
- made
- vā
- or
- api
- also
- nirmāya
- having made
- yadi
- if
- sādhakaḥ
- (sādhakaḥ) a sādhaka
- vicitra
- a beautiful
- bhavanaṁ
- house
- kṛtvā
- having built
- vastra
- with clothes
- alaṅkāra
- (alaṅkāra) and ornaments
- bhūṣitām
- adorned
- sthāpayēt
- installs
- tatra
- there
- dēvēśīṁ
- the queen of the gods
- kiṁ
- what
- phalaṁ
- fruit
- tasya
- to him
- jāyatē
- comes
Meaning
The question ends with the fruit. The four materials (clay, stone, wood, metal) and the house built for the image are the subjects of much of the chapter that follows.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 14.