पूजाबाधे कर्त्तव्यम्What to do when worship lapses
Verse 99
षण्मासात् परतो देवं प्राक्संस्कारविधानतः । पुनः सुसंस्कृतं कृत्वा पूजयेत् साधकाग्रणीः ॥ ९९ ॥
ṣaṇmāsāt paratō dēvaṁ prāksaṁskāravidhānataḥ | punaḥ susaṁskṛtaṁ kṛtvā pūjayēt sādhakāgraṇīḥ || 99 ||
Translation
Past six months, the best of sādhakas should consecrate the God afresh by the rite of the earlier consecration, and then worship him.
Word by word
- ṣaṇmāsāt
- from six months
- paratō
- (parataḥ) past
- dēvaṁ
- the God
- prāk
- earlier
- saṁskāra
- of the consecration
- vidhānataḥ
- by the rite
- punaḥ
- again
- susaṁskṛtaṁ
- well consecrated
- kṛtvā
- having made
- pūjayēt
- he should worship
- sādhaka
- of sādhakas
- agraṇīḥ
- (agraṇīḥ) the best
Meaning
After six months the presence is taken to have lapsed, and the deity has to be consecrated as if for the first time.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 97.