प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 287
ततस्तत्प्रतिमामूर्ध्नि पाणिं विन्यस्य वाग्यतः । अष्टोत्तरशतं मूलं जप्त्वा गात्राणि संस्पृशेत् ॥ २८७ ॥
tatastatpratimāmūrdhni pāṇiṁ vinyasya vāgyataḥ | aṣṭōttaraśataṁ mūlaṁ japtvā gātrāṇi saṁspṛśēt || 287 ||
Translation
Then, placing his hand on the head of the image and keeping silent, he should repeat the root mantra a hundred and eight times and touch its limbs.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- tat
- that
- pratimā
- of the image
- mūrdhni
- on the head
- pāṇiṁ
- his hand
- vinyasya
- placing
- vāgyataḥ
- (vāgyataḥ) keeping silent
- aṣṭōttaraśataṁ
- a hundred and eight times
- mūlaṁ
- the root mantra
- japtvā
- repeating
- gātrāṇi
- its limbs
- saṁspṛśēt
- he should touch
Meaning
The installation proper begins: the mantra is charged into the image through the hand.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 285.