देवगेहप्रार्थनाThe prayer to the temple
Verse 241
त्वं कैलासश्च वैकुण्ठस्त्वं ब्रह्मभवनं गृह । यत् त्वया विधृतो देवस्तस्मात् त्वं सुरवन्दितः ॥ २४१ ॥
tvaṁ kailāsaśca vaikuṇṭhastvaṁ brahmabhavanaṁ gṛha | yat tvayā vidhṛtō dēvastasmāt tvaṁ suravanditaḥ || 241 ||
Translation
"You are Kailāsa and Vaikuṇṭha, you are the world of Brahmā, O house; because the god is held by you, you are honoured by the gods.
Word by word
- tvaṁ
- you
- kailāsaḥ
- (kailāsaḥ) Kailāsa
- ca
- and
- vaikuṇṭhaḥ
- (vaikuṇṭhaḥ) Vaikuṇṭha
- brahma
- of Brahmā
- bhavanaṁ
- the world
- gṛha
- O house
- yat
- because
- tvayā
- by you
- vidhṛtaḥ
- (vidhṛtaḥ) held
- dēvaḥ
- (devaḥ) the god
- tasmāt
- therefore
- sura
- by the gods
- vanditaḥ
- (vanditaḥ) honoured
Meaning
The temple is each god's heaven at once: Śiva's Kailāsa, Viṣṇu's Vaikuṇṭha, Brahmā's world.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 240.