प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 282
अशक्तौ शुद्धतोयानां पञ्चविंशतिसंख्यकैः । कलशैः स्नापयेदर्चां भक्त्या साधकसत्तमः ॥ २८२ ॥
aśaktau śuddhatōyānāṁ pañcaviṁśatisaṁkhyakaiḥ | kalaśaiḥ snāpayēdarcāṁ bhaktyā sādhakasattamaḥ || 282 ||
Translation
If unable, the best of sādhakas should bathe the image with devotion with twenty-five jars of pure water.
Word by word
- aśaktau
- if unable
- śuddha
- of pure
- tōyānāṁ
- water
- pañcaviṁśati
- twenty-five
- saṁkhyakaiḥ
- (saṅkhyakaiḥ) numbering
- kalaśaiḥ
- (kalaśaiḥ) with jars
- snāpayēt
- should bathe
- arcāṁ
- the image
- bhaktyā
- with devotion
- sādhaka
- of sādhakas
- sattamaḥ
- (sattamaḥ) the best
Meaning
The commentary glosses "arcā" as the image.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Arcām: the image.