अष्टमूर्तिपूजाThe worship of the eight forms
Verse 85
गृहेऽस्मिन् यस्य कस्यापि जीवस्य मरणं भवेत् । न तत्पापैः प्रलिप्येऽहं प्रसादात्तव धूर्जटे ॥ ८५ ॥
gṛhē’smin yasya kasyāpi jīvasya maraṇaṁ bhavēt | na tatpāpaiḥ pralipyē’haṁ prasādāttava dhūrjaṭē || 85 ||
Translation
Should any living creature die in this house, by your grace, Dhūrjaṭi, may I not be stained by the sin of it."
Word by word
- gṛhē
- in the house
- asmin
- this
- yasya
- of any
- kasya
- (kasya) of whatever
- api
- even
- jīvasya
- living creature
- maraṇaṁ
- the death
- bhavēt
- should be
- na
- not
- tat
- its
- pāpaiḥ
- by the sins
- pralipyē
- may be stained
- ahaṁ
- I
- prasādāt
- (prasādāt) by the grace
- tava
- your
- dhūrjaṭē
- O Dhūrjaṭi
Meaning
A striking and practical clause. Whoever builds a large structure answers for what happens within it, and the builder asks here to be released from any death that may occur there, of whatever creature, in the years to come.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 83.