प्रार्थनम्The prayer
Verse 73
ध्रुवाय भव सर्वेषां शुभाय च सुखाय च । ततो देवप्रतिष्ठोक्तविधिना स्नापयन् शिवम् ॥ ७३ ॥
dhruvāya bhava sarvēṣāṁ śubhāya ca sukhāya ca | tatō dēvapratiṣṭhōktavidhinā snāpayan śivam || 73 ||
Translation
and be for the steadiness of all, for their good and for their happiness." Then, bathing Śiva by the rite told for the installing of a god,
Word by word
- dhruvāya
- for the steadiness
- bhava
- be
- sarvēṣāṁ
- of all
- śubhāya
- for the good
- ca
- and
- sukhāya
- for the happiness
- tatō
- (tataḥ) then
- dēva
- of a god
- pratiṣṭhā
- the installing
- ukta
- (ukta) told
- vidhinā
- by the rite
- snāpayan
- bathing
- śivam
- Śiva
Meaning
The prayer ends at the half-verse: its last word asks that he stay for the good of all beings, not only of the one who installs him. The second half returns to the procedure laid down in the last chapter.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 70.