देवगेहप्रार्थनाThe prayer to the temple
Verse 249
द्विसप्तातीतपुरुषान् द्विसप्तानागतानपि । मां च मे परिवारांश्च देवधाम्नि निवासय ॥ २४९ ॥
dvisaptātītapuruṣān dvisaptānāgatānapi | māṁ ca mē parivārāṁśca dēvadhāmni nivāsaya || 249 ||
Translation
"Settle in the home of the gods fourteen generations of my ancestors and fourteen yet to come, and me and my household.
Word by word
- dvisapta
- fourteen
- atīta
- (atīta) past
- puruṣān
- generations
- anāgatān
- (anāgatān) yet to come
- api
- and
- māṁ
- me
- ca
- and
- mē
- my
- parivārāṁ
- (parivārān) household
- dēva
- of the gods
- dhāmni
- in the home
- nivāsaya
- settle
Meaning
The merit of the gift is asked for the whole line, seven and seven generations doubled (dvisapta, "twice seven").
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 248.