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Verse 36
पताकाध्वजदानेन देवप्रीतिः शतं समाः । ध्वजदण्डस्तु कर्तव्यो द्वात्रिंशद्धस्तसम्मितः ॥ ३६ ॥
patākādhvajadānēna dēvaprītiḥ śataṁ samāḥ | dhvajadaṇḍastu kartavyō dvātriṁśaddhastasammitaḥ || 36 ||
Translation
By the gift of a banner on its staff the god is pleased for a hundred years. The staff of the banner is to be made thirty-two cubits long,
Word by word
- patākā
- of a banner
- dhvaja
- with its staff
- dānēna
- by the gift
- dēva
- of the god
- prītiḥ
- (prītiḥ) the pleasure
- śataṁ
- a hundred
- samāḥ
- (samāḥ) years
- daṇḍaḥ
- (daṇḍaḥ) the staff
- tu
- and
- kartavyaḥ
- (kartavyaḥ) is to be made
- dvātriṁśad
- (dvātriṁśat) thirty-two
- hasta
- cubits
- sammitaḥ
- (sammitaḥ) measured
Meaning
Verses 36-38 describe the dhvaja, the temple flagstaff, and its banner (patākā). The commentary reads "patākādhvajadānena" as offering a staff together with its banner; the deity's pleasure lasts a hundred years.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Patākā" and the rest. By the gift of a flagstaff with its banner, by offering a flagstaff together with a banner, the deity is pleased for a hundred years (śataṁ samāḥ). Of the two, he first tells the form of the flagstaff in a verse and a half, "dhvajadaṇḍaḥ" and the rest. Koṭau: at the top.