प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 289
तारमायारमाद्यैश्च नमोऽन्तैर्बिन्दुसंयुतैः । अष्टवर्गैर्देवताङ्गे वर्णन्यासं प्रकल्पयेत् ॥ २८९ ॥
tāramāyāramādyaiśca namō’ntairbindusaṁyutaiḥ | aṣṭavargairdēvatāṅgē varṇanyāsaṁ prakalpayēt || 289 ||
Translation
With the eight groups of letters, preceded by tāra, māyā, ramā and the rest, ending in namaḥ and joined to bindu, he should make the nyāsa of letters on the limbs of the deity.
Word by word
- tāra
- tāra
- māyā
- māyā
- ramā
- ramā
- ādyaiḥ
- (ādyaiḥ) and the rest
- ca
- and
- namaḥ
- (namaḥ) namaḥ
- antaiḥ
- (antaiḥ) ending in
- bindu
- bindu
- saṁyutaiḥ
- (saṁyutaiḥ) joined to
- aṣṭa
- eight
- vargaiḥ
- (vargaiḥ) with the groups
- dēvatā
- of the deity
- aṅgē
- on the limbs
- varṇa
- of letters
- nyāsaṁ
- the nyāsa
- prakalpayēt
- he should make
Meaning
Tāra, māyā and ramā are oṁ, hrīṁ and śrīṁ. Each group of the alphabet, with anusvāra (the bindu) and namaḥ, is placed on a limb, as the next two verses specify.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Tāra" and the rest. Then with the eight groups of letters (aṣṭavarga), preceded by tāra, māyā, ramā and the rest, that is, oṁ hrīṁ śrīṁ and the rest, ending in "namaḥ", and joined to bindu, that is, with the anusvāra, he should make the nyāsa of the letters (varṇanyāsa) on the limbs of the deity.