प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 286
त्वयि सम्पूजयाम्याद्यां परमेशीं परात्पराम् । शिल्पदोषावशिष्टाङ्गं सम्पन्नं कुरु ते नमः ॥ २८६ ॥
tvayi sampūjayāmyādyāṁ paramēśīṁ parātparām | śilpadōṣāvaśiṣṭāṅgaṁ sampannaṁ kuru tē namaḥ || 286 ||
Translation
"In you I worship Ādyā, the supreme Goddess beyond the highest. Make whole the limbs that the craftsman's flaws have left lacking; salutation to you."
Word by word
- tvayi
- in you
- sampūjayāmi
- I worship
- ādyāṁ
- Ādyā
- paramēśīṁ
- the supreme Goddess
- parātparām
- beyond the highest
- śilpa
- of the craftsman
- dōṣa
- by the flaws
- avaśiṣṭa
- (avaśiṣṭa) left lacking
- aṅgaṁ
- the limbs
- sampannaṁ
- whole
- kuru
- make
- tē
- to you
- namaḥ
- (namaḥ) salutation
Meaning
A humble prayer: whatever fault the sculptor's hand left in the image, may it be made complete.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 285.