अधिवासद्रव्याणिThe things for the adhivāsa
Verse 30
अनेन विधिना देवमधिवास्य विधानवित् । गृहदानविधानेन दुग्धाद्यैः स्नापयेत्ततः ॥ ३० ॥
anēna vidhinā dēvamadhivāsya vidhānavit | gṛhadānavidhānēna dugdhādyaiḥ snāpayēttataḥ || 30 ||
Translation
Having performed the adhivāsa of the god by this rite, the one who knows the procedure should then bathe him with milk and the rest, in the manner of the gift of a temple.
Word by word
- anēna
- by this
- vidhinā
- rite
- dēvam
- the god
- adhivāsya
- having performed the adhivāsa of
- vidhāna
- the procedure
- vit
- who knows
- gṛha
- of a temple
- dāna
- of the gift
- vidhānēna
- in the manner
- dugdha
- milk
- ādyaiḥ
- (ādyaiḥ) and the rest
- snāpayēt
- he should bathe
- tataḥ
- then
Meaning
The bathing has already been laid out in the last chapter, in the dedication of a temple to a deity (13.189 and after), so here the text simply refers back to it.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 28.