प्रतिमा-गृह जलाशयादि प्रतिष्ठाफलम्The fruit of installing images, houses, reservoirs and the rest
Verse 21
यो यद्देवप्रतिकृतिं प्रतिष्ठापयति प्रिये । स तल्लोकमवाप्नोति भोगानपि तदुद्भवान् ॥ २१ ॥
yō yaddēvapratikṛtiṁ pratiṣṭhāpayati priyē | sa tallōkamavāpnōti bhōgānapi tadudbhavān || 21 ||
Translation
Beloved, whoever installs the image of a god reaches the world of that god, and the enjoyments that arise there as well.
Word by word
- yaḥ
- (yaḥ) whoever
- yad
- (yat) of which
- dēva
- god
- pratikṛtiṁ
- the image
- pratiṣṭhāpayati
- installs
- priyē
- beloved
- saḥ
- (saḥ) he
- tal
- (tat) of that
- lōkam
- the world
- avāpnōti
- reaches
- bhōgān
- the enjoyments
- api
- as well
- tad
- (tat) there
- udbhavān
- arising
Meaning
The first fruit: the one who installs an image goes to that deity's world (sālokya) and enjoys what that world offers.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 19.