अन्यदोषदुष्टे विधिःThe rule for an image with other faults
Verse 100
खण्डितं स्फुटितं व्यङ्गं संस्पृष्टं कुष्ठरोगिणा । पतितं दुष्टभूम्यादौ न देवं पूजयेद्बुधः ॥ १०० ॥
khaṇḍitaṁ sphuṭitaṁ vyaṅgaṁ saṁspṛṣṭaṁ kuṣṭharōgiṇā | patitaṁ duṣṭabhūmyādau na dēvaṁ pūjayēdbudhaḥ || 100 ||
Translation
A wise man should not worship a god that is broken, cracked, or lacking a limb, or that has been touched by one with leprosy, or has fallen on impure ground and the like.
Word by word
- khaṇḍitaṁ
- broken
- sphuṭitaṁ
- cracked
- vyaṅgaṁ
- lacking a limb
- saṁspṛṣṭaṁ
- touched
- kuṣṭha
- of leprosy
- rōgiṇā
- by one with the disease
- patitaṁ
- fallen
- duṣṭa
- impure
- bhūmi
- on ground
- ādau
- (ādau) and the like
- na
- not
- dēvaṁ
- a god
- pūjayēd
- (pūjayet) should worship
- budhaḥ
- a wise man
Meaning
The list answers the Devī's second question. The commentary explains "vyaṅga" as "with a limb gone". The disqualifications are of two kinds, damage and defilement, which the next verse treats differently. The touch of a person with leprosy is the text's own rule of ritual impurity.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Vyaṅgam: lacking a limb (vigatāṅgam) (verses 100 to 107).