वास्तुमण्डलम्The maṇḍala of Vāstu
Verse 57
दक्षिणावर्तयोगेन कोष्ठानां पूरणं प्रिये । वामावर्तेन देवानां पूजनं तेषु साधयेत् ॥ ५७ ॥
dakṣiṇāvartayōgēna kōṣṭhānāṁ pūraṇaṁ priyē | vāmāvartēna dēvānāṁ pūjanaṁ tēṣu sādhayēt || 57 ||
Translation
Beloved, the squares are filled going round to the right; the worship of the gods in them is done going round to the left.
Word by word
- dakṣiṇāvarta
- going round to the right
- yōgēna
- by way of
- kōṣṭhānāṁ
- of the squares
- pūraṇaṁ
- the filling
- priyē
- beloved
- vāmāvartēna
- going round to the left
- dēvānāṁ
- of the gods
- pūjanaṁ
- the worship
- tēṣu
- in them
- sādhayēt
- is done
Meaning
Two directions: the colouring goes sunwise (dakṣiṇāvarta), the worship the other way (vāmāvarta). The commentary calls the twelve attendants "devas" here in the sense of "shining ones" and takes verses 57-60 as the rite of worshipping Vāstu with his attendants.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Having thus told the maṇḍala of Vāstu, he now tells the rite of worshipping Vāstu with his attendants in two verses and a half, "vāmāvartena" and the rest. In those twelve squares, going round to the left (vāmāvarta), he should perform the worship of the "devas", the shining ones (dīvyatām), the twelve dānavas Kapilāsya and the rest.