देवगेहप्रार्थनाThe prayer to the temple
Verse 242
यस्य कुक्षौ जगत् सर्वं वरीवर्ति चराचरम् । मायाविधृतदेहस्य तस्य मूर्तेर्विधारणात् ॥ २४२ ॥
yasya kukṣau jagat sarvaṁ varīvarti carācaram | māyāvidhṛtadēhasya tasya mūrtērvidhāraṇāt || 242 ||
Translation
"Because you hold the image of him in whose belly the whole world, moving and unmoving, ever abides, whose body is held by māyā,
Word by word
- yasya
- in whose
- kukṣau
- belly
- jagat
- world
- sarvaṁ
- the whole
- varīvarti
- ever abides
- cara
- moving
- acaram
- (acaram) and unmoving
- māyā
- by māyā
- vidhṛta
- held
- dēhasya
- whose body
- tasya
- of him
- mūrtēḥ
- (mūrteḥ) the image
- vidhāraṇāt
- because you hold
Meaning
The commentary glosses "kukṣi" as belly. The house holds the image of the one who holds the universe.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Kukṣau: in the belly.