गृहप्रतिष्ठाThe consecration of a house
Verse 181
प्रजापतिपते गेह पुष्पमाल्यादिभूषितः । अस्माकं शुभवासाय सर्वथा सुखदो भव ॥ १८१ ॥
prajāpatipatē gēha puṣpamālyādibhūṣitaḥ | asmākaṁ śubhavāsāya sarvathā sukhadō bhava || 181 ||
Translation
"O house whose lord is Prajāpati, adorned with flowers, garlands and the rest, be in every way a giver of happiness for our good dwelling."
Word by word
- prajāpati
- Prajāpati
- patē
- O you whose lord is
- gēha
- O house
- puṣpa
- with flowers
- mālya
- garlands
- ādi
- and the rest
- bhūṣitaḥ
- (bhūṣitaḥ) adorned
- asmākaṁ
- our
- śubha
- good
- vāsāya
- for dwelling
- sarvathā
- in every way
- sukha
- of happiness
- daḥ
- (daḥ) a giver
- bhava
- be
Meaning
The prayer to the house. The commentary explains "prajāpatipate" as "you whose lord is Prajāpati", the god who presides over dwellings.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the prayer to the house itself in one verse, "prajāpatipate" and the rest. He whose lord (pati) is Prajāpati is "prajāpatipati"; "prajāpatipate" is its vocative.