प्रतिमा-गृह जलाशयादि प्रतिष्ठाफलम्The fruit of installing images, houses, reservoirs and the rest
Verse 24
तृणादिनिर्मितं गेहं यो दद्यात् परमेश्वरि । वर्षकोटिसहस्राणि स वसेद्देववेश्मनि ॥ २४ ॥
tṛṇādinirmitaṁ gēhaṁ yō dadyāt paramēśvari | varṣakōṭisahasrāṇi sa vasēddēvavēśmani || 24 ||
Translation
Whoever gives a house made of grass and the like, O supreme Goddess, dwells in the house of the gods for a thousand crores of years.
Word by word
- tṛṇa
- of grass
- ādi
- and the like
- nirmitaṁ
- made
- gēhaṁ
- a house
- yaḥ
- (yaḥ) whoever
- dadyāt
- gives
- paramēśvari
- O supreme Goddess
- varṣa
- of years
- kōṭi
- crores
- sahasrāṇi
- thousands
- saḥ
- (saḥ) he
- vasēt
- dwells
- dēva
- of the gods
- vēśmani
- in the house
Meaning
Even the humblest shrine, of thatch, earns a thousand crores of years among the gods.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 23.