प्रतिमा-गृह जलाशयादि प्रतिष्ठाफलम्The fruit of installing images, houses, reservoirs and the rest
Verse 27
वृक्षारामप्रतिष्ठाता गत्वा त्रिदशमन्दिरम् । कल्पपादपवृन्देषु निवसन् दिव्यवेश्मनि । भुङ्क्ते मनोरमान् भोगान् मनसो यानभीप्सितान् ॥ २७ ॥
vṛkṣārāmapratiṣṭhātā gatvā tridaśamandiram | kalpapādapavṛndēṣu nivasan divyavēśmani | bhuṅktē manōramān bhōgān manasō yānabhīpsitān || 27 ||
Translation
He who dedicates trees and gardens goes to the abode of the gods; dwelling in a celestial house among groves of wish-granting trees, he enjoys delightful pleasures, whatever his mind desires.
Word by word
- vṛkṣa
- of trees
- ārāma
- and gardens
- pratiṣṭhātā
- the dedicator
- gatvā
- going
- tridaśa
- of the gods
- mandiram
- to the abode
- kalpa
- wish-granting
- pādapa
- trees
- vṛndēṣu
- among groves
- nivasan
- dwelling
- divya
- in a celestial
- vēśmani
- house
- bhuṅktē
- he enjoys
- manōramān
- delightful
- bhōgān
- pleasures
- manasaḥ
- (manasaḥ) by the mind
- yān
- which
- abhīpsitān
- desired
Meaning
The planter of trees is rewarded with trees: he lives among the kalpa trees of heaven, which grant every wish.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 23.