प्रतिमा-गृह जलाशयादि प्रतिष्ठाफलम्The fruit of installing images, houses, reservoirs and the rest
Verse 26
सेतुसङ्क्रमदाताऽऽद्ये यमलोकं न पश्यति । सुखं सुरालयं प्राप्य मोदते स्वर्निवासिभिः ॥ २६ ॥
sētusaṅkramadātā’’dyē yamalōkaṁ na paśyati | sukhaṁ surālayaṁ prāpya mōdatē svarnivāsibhiḥ || 26 ||
Translation
O Ādyā, the giver of a bridge or a causeway does not see the world of Yama; reaching the abode of the gods in happiness, he rejoices with those who dwell in heaven.
Word by word
- sētu
- of a bridge
- saṅkrama
- or causeway
- dātā
- the giver
- ādyē
- O Ādyā
- yama
- of Yama
- lōkaṁ
- the world
- na
- not
- paśyati
- sees
- sukhaṁ
- in happiness
- sura
- of the gods
- ālayaṁ
- (ālayam) the abode
- prāpya
- reaching
- mōdatē
- rejoices
- svar
- (svaḥ) in heaven
- nivāsibhiḥ
- with those who dwell
Meaning
A bridge (setu) and a causeway or stepping-way (saṅkrama, a kind of bridge, as the commentary later explains) are gifts to every traveller; their giver escapes Yama's world altogether.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 23.