पूजाबाधे कर्त्तव्यम्What to do when worship lapses
Verse 96
अपूजनीया कैर्दोषैर्भवेयुर्देवमूर्तयः । त्याज्या वा केन दोषेण तदुपायश्च भण्यताम् ॥ ९६ ॥
apūjanīyā kairdōṣairbhavēyurdēvamūrtayaḥ | tyājyā vā kēna dōṣēṇa tadupāyaśca bhaṇyatām || 96 ||
Translation
Through what faults do the images of gods become unfit for worship? For what fault are they to be given up? And let the remedy be told.
Word by word
- apūjanīyā
- (apūjanīyāḥ) unfit for worship
- kair
- (kaiḥ) through what
- dōṣair
- (doṣaiḥ) faults
- bhavēyur
- (bhaveyuḥ) become
- dēva
- of gods
- mūrtayaḥ
- the images
- tyājyā
- (tyājyāḥ) to be given up
- vā
- or
- kēna
- for what
- dōṣēṇa
- fault
- tad
- (tat) its
- upāyaś
- (upāyaḥ) the remedy
- ca
- and
- bhaṇyatām
- let be told
Meaning
Her second question concerns not the worshipper's lapse but the image itself: when is it no longer to be worshipped, and what is then to be done with it?
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 95.