तडागाद्युत्सर्गविधिःThe dedication of a tank and the like
Verse 177
यूपश्चेत् स्थापितः पूर्वं तदा नागं घटेऽर्चयन् । तज्जलं तत्र निःक्षिप्य शिष्टं कर्म समापयेत् ॥ १७७ ॥
yūpaścēt sthāpitaḥ pūrvaṁ tadā nāgaṁ ghaṭē’rcayan | tajjalaṁ tatra niḥkṣipya śiṣṭaṁ karma samāpayēt || 177 ||
Translation
If the post has been set up before, then, worshipping the nāga in a jar, he should pour that water into the tank and complete the rest of the rite.
Word by word
- yūpaḥ
- (yūpaḥ) the post
- cēt
- if
- sthāpitaḥ
- (sthāpitaḥ) set up
- pūrvaṁ
- before
- tadā
- then
- nāgaṁ
- the nāga
- ghaṭē
- in a jar
- arcayan
- (arcayan) worshipping
- taj
- (tat) that
- jalaṁ
- water
- tatra
- there
- niḥkṣipya
- pouring
- śiṣṭaṁ
- the rest
- karma
- of the rite
- samāpayēt
- he should complete
Meaning
For a tank whose pillar already stands, the nāga is worshipped in a pot and the pot's water poured in.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Yūpa" and the rest. If (cet) the post (yūpa), the nāga pillar, has already been set up before, then the doer, worshipping the nāga in a pot, should pour that water, the water in the pot, into the tank there and finish the rest (śiṣṭa) of the rite.