प्रतिष्ठादौ नवग्रहादेः पूजाविधिःWorship of the nine planets and the rest at an installation
Verse 68
तिलाज्यपायसैर्हुत्वा सर्वशान्तिमवाप्नुयात् । यथा वास्तुः पूजनीयः प्रोक्तकर्मसु सुव्रते ॥ ६८ ॥
tilājyapāyasairhutvā sarvaśāntimavāpnuyāt | yathā vāstuḥ pūjanīyaḥ prōktakarmasu suvratē || 68 ||
Translation
Offering sesame, ghee and rice cooked in milk into the fire, he gains peace from every trouble. As Vāstu is to be worshipped in the rites described, O you of good vows,
Word by word
- tila
- sesame
- ājya
- ghee
- pāyasaiḥ
- (pāyasaiḥ) and rice in milk
- hutvā
- offering into the fire
- sarva
- from every trouble
- śāntim
- peace
- avāpnuyāt
- he gains
- yathā
- as
- vāstuḥ
- (vāstuḥ) Vāstu
- pūjanīyaḥ
- (pūjanīyaḥ) is to be worshipped
- prōkta
- described
- karmasu
- in the rites
- suvratē
- O you of good vows
Meaning
The second half opens a new rule that runs into verse 69: in every installation rite, the planets and the guardians of the directions are honoured just as Vāstu is.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 65.