प्रतिमा-गृह जलाशयादि प्रतिष्ठाफलम्The fruit of installing images, houses, reservoirs and the rest
Verse 32
देव्यागारे महासिंहं वृषभं शङ्करालये । गरुडं कैशवे गेहे प्रदद्यात् साधकोत्तमः ॥ ३२ ॥
dēvyāgārē mahāsiṁhaṁ vṛṣabhaṁ śaṅkarālayē | garuḍaṁ kaiśavē gēhē pradadyāt sādhakōttamaḥ || 32 ||
Translation
The best of sādhakas should give a great lion to the temple of the Devī, a bull to the shrine of Śaṅkara, and Garuḍa to the house of Keśava.
Word by word
- dēvī
- (devī) of the Devī
- āgārē
- (āgāre) in the temple
- mahā
- a great
- siṁhaṁ
- lion
- vṛṣabhaṁ
- a bull
- śaṅkara
- of Śaṅkara
- ālayē
- (ālaye) in the shrine
- garuḍaṁ
- Garuḍa
- kaiśavē
- of Keśava
- gēhē
- in the house
- pradadyāt
- should give
- sādhaka
- of sādhakas
- uttamaḥ
- (uttamaḥ) the best
Meaning
Each deity has its own vehicle: the lion for the Devī, the bull Nandin for Śiva, the bird Garuḍa for Viṣṇu.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 31.