प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 273
ततः पञ्चकषायेण पञ्चपुष्पैस्त्रिपत्रकैः । कारयित्वा गन्धतैलैः स्नापयेत् प्रतिमां सुधीः ॥ २७३ ॥
tataḥ pañcakaṣāyēṇa pañcapuṣpaistripatrakaiḥ | kārayitvā gandhatailaiḥ snāpayēt pratimāṁ sudhīḥ || 273 ||
Translation
Then, having it done with the five astringents, the five flowers and the three leaves, the wise man should bathe the image with scented oils.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- pañca
- the five
- kaṣāyēṇa
- with astringents
- puṣpaiḥ
- (puṣpaiḥ) flowers
- tri
- three
- patrakaiḥ
- (patrakaiḥ) leaves
- kārayitvā
- having it done
- gandha
- scented
- tailaiḥ
- (tailaiḥ) with oils
- snāpayēt
- should bathe
- pratimāṁ
- the image
- sudhīḥ
- (sudhīḥ) the wise man
Meaning
The next three verses name them.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 272.