अन्यदोषदुष्टे विधिःThe rule for an image with other faults
Verse 101
हीनाङ्गं स्फुटितं भग्नं देवं तोये विसर्जयेत् । स्पर्शादिदोषदुष्टं तु संस्कृत्य पुनरर्चयेत् ॥ १०१ ॥
hīnāṅgaṁ sphuṭitaṁ bhagnaṁ dēvaṁ tōyē visarjayēt | sparśādidōṣaduṣṭaṁ tu saṁskṛtya punararcayēt || 101 ||
Translation
A god that has lost a limb, or is cracked or broken, he should give over to the water. One tainted by a fault such as touch he should consecrate and worship again.
Word by word
- hīna
- lost
- aṅgaṁ
- (aṅgam) a limb
- sphuṭitaṁ
- cracked
- bhagnaṁ
- broken
- dēvaṁ
- a god
- tōyē
- to the water
- visarjayēt
- he should give over
- sparśa
- of touch
- ādi
- (ādi) and the like
- dōṣa
- by a fault
- duṣṭaṁ
- tainted
- tu
- but
- saṁskṛtya
- consecrating
- punar
- (punaḥ) again
- arcayēt
- (arcayet) he should worship
Meaning
Damage cannot be repaired, so the image is given a respectful end in water. Defilement can be removed, so the image is consecrated afresh and kept.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 100.