प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 271
प्रतिष्ठितगृहे यद्वा कुत्रचित् शोभनस्थले । आनीयाऽर्चामर्चयित्वा स्नापयेत् साधकोत्तमः ॥ २७१ ॥
pratiṣṭhitagṛhē yadvā kutracit śōbhanasthalē | ānīyā’rcāmarcayitvā snāpayēt sādhakōttamaḥ || 271 ||
Translation
The best of sādhakas should bring the image into the house where it is to be installed, or to some fair place, worship it, and bathe it.
Word by word
- pratiṣṭhita
- where it is to be installed
- gṛhē
- into the house
- yadvā
- or
- kutracit
- to some
- śōbhana
- fair
- sthalē
- place
- ānīya
- bringing
- arcām
- the image
- arcayitvā
- worshipping
- snāpayēt
- should bathe
- sādhaka
- of sādhakas
- uttamaḥ
- (uttamaḥ) the best
Meaning
The commentary glosses "arcā" as the image.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Pratiṣṭhita" and the rest. Then the best of sādhakas should bring the image (arcā, pratimā) into the house where it is to be installed, or to some fair place, worship it and bathe it.