गृहप्रतिष्ठाThe consecration of a house
Verse 178
एवं गृहप्रतिष्ठायां कृतसंकल्पको बुधः । वास्त्वादिवसुपूजान्तं पैत्रं कर्म च कूपवत् ॥ १७८ ॥
ēvaṁ gṛhapratiṣṭhāyāṁ kṛtasaṁkalpakō budhaḥ | vāstvādivasupūjāntaṁ paitraṁ karma ca kūpavat || 178 ||
Translation
In the same way, at the consecration of a house, the wise man, having made the saṅkalpa, should do everything from the worship of Vāstu to that of the Vasus, and the rite for the ancestors, as for a well;
Word by word
- ēvaṁ
- in the same way
- gṛha
- of a house
- pratiṣṭhāyāṁ
- at the consecration
- kṛta
- having made
- saṁkalpakaḥ
- (saṅkalpakaḥ) the saṅkalpa
- budhaḥ
- (budhaḥ) the wise man
- vāstu
- of Vāstu
- ādi
- from
- vasu
- of the Vasus
- pūjā
- the worship
- antaṁ
- (antam) to
- paitraṁ
- for the ancestors
- karma
- the rite
- ca
- and
- kūpavat
- as for a well
Meaning
The house rite repeats the well rite up to the ancestors' offering; what differs follows.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Having thus told the rite of consecrating a reservoir of water, he now tells the rite of consecrating a house, with "evaṁ gṛhapratiṣṭhāyām" and the rest.