अधिवासद्रव्याणिThe things for the adhivāsa
Verse 29
इति स्पृशेत् साध्यभालं मह्याद्यैः सर्ववस्तुभिः । ततः प्रशस्तिपात्रेण त्रिधैवमधिवासयेत् ॥ २९ ॥
iti spṛśēt sādhyabhālaṁ mahyādyaiḥ sarvavastubhiḥ | tataḥ praśastipātrēṇa tridhaivamadhivāsayēt || 29 ||
Translation
and so he should touch the forehead of the deity being consecrated with all the things, earth and the rest. Then with the vessel of blessing he should perform the adhivāsa three times, in the same way.
Word by word
- iti
- thus
- spṛśēt
- he should touch
- sādhya
- of the one consecrated
- bhālaṁ
- the forehead
- mahī
- earth
- ādyaiḥ
- (ādyaiḥ) and the rest
- sarva
- all
- vastubhiḥ
- with the things
- tataḥ
- then
- praśasti
- of blessing
- pātrēṇa
- with the vessel
- tridhā
- three times
- ēvam
- in the same way
- adhivāsayēt
- he should perform the adhivāsa
Meaning
The praśasti-pātra is the tray in which all the things have been laid. The commentary reads "tridhā" as three times, so after the twenty separate touches the whole tray is lifted and touched to the forehead of the image thrice.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 28.