प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 269
तद्दिने साधकः प्रातः स्नातः शुचिरुदङ्मुखः । संकल्पं विधिवत् कृत्वा यजेद्वास्त्वीश्वरं ततः ॥ २६९ ॥
taddinē sādhakaḥ prātaḥ snātaḥ śucirudaṅmukhaḥ | saṁkalpaṁ vidhivat kṛtvā yajēdvāstvīśvaraṁ tataḥ || 269 ||
Translation
On that day the sādhaka, bathed in the morning, pure and facing north, having made the saṅkalpa as prescribed, should then worship the lord of Vāstu.
Word by word
- tad
- (tat) that
- dinē
- on day
- sādhakaḥ
- (sādhakaḥ) the sādhaka
- prātaḥ
- (prātaḥ) in the morning
- snātaḥ
- (snātaḥ) bathed
- śuciḥ
- (śuciḥ) pure
- udaṅmukhaḥ
- (udaṅmukhaḥ) facing north
- saṁkalpaṁ
- the saṅkalpa
- vidhivat
- as prescribed
- kṛtvā
- having made
- yajēt
- should worship
- vāstu
- of Vāstu
- īśvaraṁ
- (īśvaram) the lord
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
Meaning
The commentary takes "taddine" as the day of the installation of Ādyā.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the order of consecrating the image of Śrīmad Ādyā itself with "taddine sādhakaḥ" and the rest. Taddine: on the day of the consecration of Śrīmad Ādyā.