पूजाबाधे कर्त्तव्यम्What to do when worship lapses
Verse 98
ततः षण्मासपर्यन्तं यदि पूजा न सम्भवेत् । तदाऽष्टकलशैर्देवं स्नापयित्वा यजेत् सुधीः ॥ ९८ ॥
tataḥ ṣaṇmāsaparyantaṁ yadi pūjā na sambhavēt | tadā’ṣṭakalaśairdēvaṁ snāpayitvā yajēt sudhīḥ || 98 ||
Translation
If then worship cannot be done for up to six months, the wise one should bathe the God from eight jars and worship him.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- ṣaṇmāsa
- six months
- paryantaṁ
- up to
- yadi
- if
- pūjā
- worship
- na
- not
- sambhavēt
- can be done
- tadā
- then
- aṣṭa
- (aṣṭa) eight
- kalaśair
- (kalaśaiḥ) from jars
- dēvaṁ
- the God
- snāpayitvā
- having bathed
- yajēt
- he should worship
- sudhīḥ
- the wise one
Meaning
Between three days and six months, doubling gives way to the bath from eight jars, the lesser form of the rite.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 97.