प्रतिमा-गृह जलाशयादि प्रतिष्ठाफलम्The fruit of installing images, houses, reservoirs and the rest
Verse 30
मृण्मये वाहने दत्ते यत् फलं जायते भुवि । दारुजे तद्दशगुणं शिलाजे तद्दशाधिकम् ॥ ३० ॥
mṛṇmayē vāhanē dattē yat phalaṁ jāyatē bhuvi | dārujē taddaśaguṇaṁ śilājē taddaśādhikam || 30 ||
Translation
Whatever fruit arises on earth when a vehicle of clay is given, it is ten times that for one of wood, and ten times more again for one of stone.
Word by word
- mṛṇmayē
- of clay
- vāhanē
- a vehicle
- dattē
- when given
- yat
- whatever
- phalaṁ
- fruit
- jāyatē
- arises
- bhuvi
- on earth
- dārujē
- for one of wood
- tad
- (tat) that
- daśa
- ten
- guṇaṁ
- times
- śilājē
- for one of stone
- adhikam
- (adhikam) more
Meaning
The same scale of materials as for images applies to the vehicles.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 29.