प्रतिमा-गृह जलाशयादि प्रतिष्ठाफलम्The fruit of installing images, houses, reservoirs and the rest
Verse 22
मृण्मये प्रतिबिम्बे तु वसेत् कल्पायुतं दिवि । दारुपाषाणधातूनां क्रमाद्दशगुणाधिकम् ॥ २२ ॥
mṛṇmayē pratibimbē tu vasēt kalpāyutaṁ divi | dārupāṣāṇadhātūnāṁ kramāddaśaguṇādhikam || 22 ||
Translation
For an image of clay he dwells in heaven ten thousand kalpas; for wood, stone and metal, ten times more at each step.
Word by word
- mṛṇmayē
- for one of clay
- pratibimbē
- image
- tu
- indeed
- vasēt
- he dwells
- kalpa
- kalpas
- ayutaṁ
- (ayutam) ten thousand
- divi
- in heaven
- dāru
- of wood
- pāṣāṇa
- stone
- dhātūnāṁ
- and metal
- kramāt
- in turn
- daśa
- ten
- guṇa
- times
- adhikam
- (adhikam) more
Meaning
The fruit grows with the lasting quality of the material. The commentary supplies "when it is installed". Clay earns ten thousand kalpas; wood ten times that, stone ten times again, metal ten times again.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Pratibimbe: in an image. "When it is installed" (pratiṣṭhāpite sati) is to be supplied here.