प्रतिमा-गृह जलाशयादि प्रतिष्ठाफलम्The fruit of installing images, houses, reservoirs and the rest
Verse 31
रिन्तिका कांस्यताम्रादिनिर्मिते देववाहने । दत्ते फलमवाप्नोति क्रमात् शतगुणाधिकम् ॥ ३१ ॥
rintikā kāṁsyatāmrādinirmitē dēvavāhanē | dattē phalamavāpnōti kramāt śataguṇādhikam || 31 ||
Translation
When the vehicle of a god made of brass, bell-metal, copper and the like is given, the fruit gained rises a hundredfold at each step.
Word by word
- rintikā
- brass
- kāṁsya
- bell-metal
- tāmra
- copper
- ādi
- and the like
- nirmitē
- made of
- dēva
- of a god
- vāhanē
- the vehicle
- dattē
- when given
- phalam
- the fruit
- avāpnōti
- he gains
- kramāt
- at each step
- śata
- a hundred
- guṇa
- times
- adhikam
- (adhikam) more
Meaning
The commentary glosses "rintikā" as brass. The metals are ranked, each a hundred times the last.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Rintikā: brass.