तडागाद्युत्सर्गविधिःThe dedication of a tank and the like
Verse 176
इति प्रार्थ्य ततो नागस्तम्भं मध्येजलाशयम् । समारोप्य तडागञ्च कर्ता कुर्यात् प्रदक्षिणम् ॥ १७६ ॥
iti prārthya tatō nāgastambhaṁ madhyējalāśayam | samārōpya taḍāgañca kartā kuryāt pradakṣiṇam || 176 ||
Translation
Having prayed thus, he should then raise the nāga pillar in the middle of the reservoir, and the doer of the rite should go round the tank keeping it on his right.
Word by word
- iti
- thus
- prārthya
- having prayed
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- nāga
- the nāga
- stambhaṁ
- pillar
- madhyējalāśayam
- in the middle of the reservoir
- samārōpya
- raising
- taḍāgaṁ
- the tank
- ca
- and
- kartā
- the doer of the rite
- kuryāt
- should make
- pradakṣiṇam
- the circuit to the right
Meaning
The commentary notes the grammar of "madhyejalāśayam", an indeclinable compound: in the middle of the water.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Iti" and the rest. Having prayed thus to the nāga, the doer of the rite should then raise the nāga pillar in the middle of the reservoir (madhyejalāśayam, in the middle of the water) and go round the tank keeping it on his right. "Madhyejalāśayam" is an avyayībhāva compound by the rule "pāre madhye ṣaṣṭhyā vā" (pāre and madhye compound optionally with a genitive).