अष्टमूर्तिपूजाThe worship of the eight forms
Verse 81
इन्द्रादिदिक्पतीनिष्ट्वा ब्राह्म्याद्याश्चाऽष्टमातृकाः । वृषं वितानं गेहादि दद्यादीशाय साधकः ॥ ८१ ॥
indrādidikpatīniṣṭvā brāhmyādyāścā’ṣṭamātṛkāḥ | vṛṣaṁ vitānaṁ gēhādi dadyādīśāya sādhakaḥ || 81 ||
Translation
Having worshipped the lords of the quarters, Indra and the rest, and the eight Mothers, Brāhmī and the others, the sādhaka should give to the Lord the bull, a canopy, a house and the rest.
Word by word
- indra
- Indra
- ādi
- (ādi) and the rest
- dik
- of the quarters
- patīn
- the lords
- iṣṭvā
- having worshipped
- brāhmī
- Brāhmī
- ādyāś
- (ādyāḥ) and the others
- ca
- and
- aṣṭa
- (aṣṭa) eight
- mātṛkāḥ
- Mothers
- vṛṣaṁ
- the bull
- vitānaṁ
- a canopy
- gēha
- a house
- dadyād
- (dadyāt) should give
- īśāya
- to the Lord
- sādhakaḥ
- the sādhaka
Meaning
The rite of giving (dāna) follows the worship. Bull, canopy and house are given to the god as they were given to the deities in the last chapter, and they go to his service. "Iṣṭvā" the commentary explains as "having worshipped".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Iṣṭvā: having worshipped (verses 81 and 82).