प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 279
ततः प्रागुक्तविधिना दुग्धाद्यैरष्टभिर्घटैः । कवोष्णसलिलैश्चापि स्नापयेत् प्रतिमां बुधः ॥ २७९ ॥
tataḥ prāguktavidhinā dugdhādyairaṣṭabhirghaṭaiḥ | kavōṣṇasalilaiścāpi snāpayēt pratimāṁ budhaḥ || 279 ||
Translation
Then by the rite told before, with the eight jars of milk and the rest, and with lukewarm water too, the wise man should bathe the image.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- prāg
- (prāk) before
- ukta
- (ukta) told
- vidhinā
- by the rite
- dugdha
- of milk
- ādyaiḥ
- (ādyaiḥ) and the rest
- aṣṭabhiḥ
- (aṣṭabhiḥ) with the eight
- ghaṭaiḥ
- (ghaṭaiḥ) jars
- kavōṣṇa
- lukewarm
- salilaiḥ
- (salilaiḥ) with water
- ca
- and
- api
- too
- snāpayēt
- should bathe
- pratimāṁ
- the image
- budhaḥ
- (budhaḥ) the wise man
Meaning
The eight baths of verses 190-197 follow. The commentary glosses "kavoṣṇa" as slightly warm.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Kavoṣṇasalilaiḥ: with slightly warm water.