प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas
Verse 299
सर्वयज्ञमयं तेजः सर्वभूतमयं वपुः । इयं ते कल्पिता मूर्तिरत्र त्वां स्थापयाम्यहम् ॥ २९९ ॥
sarvayajñamayaṁ tējaḥ sarvabhūtamayaṁ vapuḥ | iyaṁ tē kalpitā mūrtiratra tvāṁ sthāpayāmyaham || 299 ||
Translation
"Splendour made of all sacrifices, a body made of all beings: this form has been made for you; here I establish you."
Word by word
- sarva
- all
- yajña
- sacrifices
- mayaṁ
- made of
- tējaḥ
- (tejaḥ) splendour
- bhūta
- beings
- vapuḥ
- (vapuḥ) a body
- iyaṁ
- this
- tē
- for you
- kalpitā
- has been made
- mūrtiḥ
- (mūrtiḥ) form
- atra
- here
- tvāṁ
- you
- sthāpayāmi
- establish
- aham
- I
Meaning
The prayer of installation. The commentary supplies "your" with "body": the goddess's body is all beings, her splendour all sacrifices, and the image is the form prepared for her.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Then with "sarvayajñamayaṁ tejaḥ" and the rest he should pray to the Devī. With "vapuḥ" (body), "yours" is to be supplied.