तडागाद्युत्सर्गविधिःThe dedication of a tank and the like
Verse 168
मत्स्यौ स्वर्णमयौ कुर्यात् मण्डूकावपि हेमजौ । राजतौ मकरौ कूर्ममिथुनं ताम्ररिन्तिकम् ॥ १६८ ॥
matsyau svarṇamayau kuryāt maṇḍūkāvapi hēmajau | rājatau makarau kūrmamithunaṁ tāmrarintikam || 168 ||
Translation
He should make two fish of gold and two frogs of gold also, two makaras of silver, and a pair of tortoises of copper and brass.
Word by word
- matsyau
- two fish
- svarṇa
- of gold
- mayau
- made
- kuryāt
- he should make
- maṇḍūkau
- (maṇḍūkau) two frogs
- api
- also
- hēma
- gold
- jau
- of
- rājatau
- of silver
- makarau
- two makaras
- kūrma
- of tortoises
- mithunaṁ
- a pair
- tāmra
- of copper
- rintikam
- and brass
Meaning
Each creature is made in a pair. The commentary takes "tāmrarintika" as copper and brass, one tortoise of each.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But of what metals, and how many fishes and other water creatures, are to be made? To that he says "matsyau svarṇamayau" and the rest.