प्राणप्रतिष्ठा, पूजाThe giving of life and the worship
Verse 76
यजेत् प्रागुक्तविधिना षोड़शैरुपचारकैः । जातनामादिसंस्कारान् कृत्वा पूर्वविधानवत् ॥ ७६ ॥
yajēt prāguktavidhinā ṣōḍaśairupacārakaiḥ | jātanāmādisaṁskārān kṛtvā pūrvavidhānavat || 76 ||
Translation
he should worship him by the rite told before with the sixteen offerings; and having done the rites of birth, naming and the rest, as ordained before,
Word by word
- yajēt
- he should worship
- prāg
- (prāk) before
- ukta
- (ukta) told
- vidhinā
- by the rite
- ṣōḍaśair
- (ṣoḍaśaiḥ) sixteen
- upacārakaiḥ
- with offerings
- jāta
- of birth
- nāma
- naming
- ādi
- (ādi) and the rest
- saṁskārān
- the rites
- kṛtvā
- having done
- pūrva
- before
- vidhāna
- as ordained
- vat
- as
Meaning
The image that has received life is treated as a newborn: the household sacraments of birth and name-giving, told in the ninth chapter, are performed for it in the rite of the last chapter.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 75.