देवगेहप्रार्थनाThe prayer to the temple
Verse 244
इत्यभ्यर्थ्य त्रिरभ्यर्च्य गृहं चक्रादिसंयुतम् । आत्मनः काममुद्दिश्य दद्याद्देवाय साधकः ॥ २४४ ॥
ityabhyarthya trirabhyarcya gṛhaṁ cakrādisaṁyutam | ātmanaḥ kāmamuddiśya dadyāddēvāya sādhakaḥ || 244 ||
Translation
Having entreated it thus and worshipped it three times, the sādhaka should give the house, with its discus and the rest, to the deity, with his own wish in view.
Word by word
- ity
- (iti) thus
- abhyarthya
- having entreated
- triḥ
- (triḥ) three times
- abhyarcya
- worshipped
- gṛhaṁ
- the house
- cakra
- its discus
- ādi
- and the rest
- saṁyutam
- with
- ātmanaḥ
- (ātmanaḥ) his own
- kāmam
- wish
- uddiśya
- with in view
- dadyāt
- should give
- dēvāya
- to the deity
- sādhakaḥ
- (sādhakaḥ) the sādhaka
Meaning
The temple, crowned with its emblem, now formally passes to the god.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Iti" and the rest. Having thus entreated the house and worshipped it three times, the sādhaka should give the house, together with the discus and the rest, to the deity, with his own desire in view.