प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 270
ग्रहदिक्पतिहेरम्बाद्यर्चनं पितृकर्म च । विधाय साधकैर्विप्रैः प्रतिमासन्निधिं व्रजेत् ॥ २७० ॥
grahadikpatihērambādyarcanaṁ pitṛkarma ca | vidhāya sādhakairvipraiḥ pratimāsannidhiṁ vrajēt || 270 ||
Translation
Having performed the worship of the planets, the guardians of the directions, Heramba and the rest, and the rite for the ancestors, he should go with sādhakas and brāhmaṇas to where the image is.
Word by word
- graha
- of the planets
- dikpati
- the guardians of the directions
- hēramba
- Heramba
- ādi
- and the rest
- arcanaṁ
- (arcanam) the worship
- pitṛ
- for the ancestors
- karma
- the rite
- ca
- and
- vidhāya
- having performed
- sādhakaiḥ
- (sādhakaiḥ) with sādhakas
- vipraiḥ
- (vipraiḥ) and brāhmaṇas
- pratimā
- the image
- sannidhiṁ
- to where is
- vrajēt
- he should go
Meaning
The commentary glosses "Heramba" as Gaṇeśa. All the preliminaries of verses 142-146 come first.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Herambaḥ: Gaṇeśa.