Vilāsa 19: Prātiṣṭhikaḥ — Installing the Deity | Hari-bhakti-vilāsa

HBV 19.1

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श्रीचैतन्यꣳ प्रविष्टोऽस्मि शरणꣳ सुष्ठु येन हि । आविष्टो याति दुष्टोऽपि प्रतिष्ठाꣳ सदभिष्टुताम्

śrīcaitanyaṁ praviṣṭo'smi śaraṇaṁ suṣṭhu yena hi | āviṣṭo yāti duṣṭo'pi pratiṣṭhāṁ sadabhiṣṭutām

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I take shelter of Lord Caitanya, by whose influence even a sinful man becomes fit to be glorified by saintly persons.

HBV 19.2

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प्रतिष्ठयैव भगवदाविर्भावो विशेषतः । प्रतिमासु ततस्तासाꣳ प्रतिष्ठाꣳ विधिनाचरेत्

pratiṣṭhayaiva bhagavadāvirbhāvo viśeṣataḥ | pratimāsu tatastāsāṁ pratiṣṭhāṁ vidhinācaret

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Only by formal installation does the Supreme Lord manifest Himself as the Deity. Therefore, one should carefully follow the procedure for installing the Deity that is outlined in the revealed scriptures.

HBV 19.3

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प्रतिष्ठा जीवमन्दिरम्

pratiṣṭhā jīvamandiram

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Eleventh Canto of the Srimad-Bhdgavatam) pratistha jlvamandiram The installation of My Deity, who is the shelter of all living entities, should be performed.

HBV 19.4

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HBV 19.29–30

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एवꣳ यः कुरुते राजन् प्रनिष्ठाꣳ देवचक्रिणः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः सर्व भूषणभूषितः विमानेन विचित्रेण त्रिसप्तकुलजैः सह । पूजाꣳ सम्प्राप्य महतीमिन्द्रलोकादिषु क्रमात् । सबान्धवꣳ सुखꣳ प्राप्य विष्णुलोके महीयते

evaṁ yaḥ kurute rājan praniṣṭhāṁ devacakriṇaḥ | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sarva bhūṣaṇabhūṣitaḥ vimānena vicitreṇa trisaptakulajaiḥ saha | pūjāṁ samprāpya mahatīmindralokādiṣu kramāt | sabāndhavaṁ sukhaṁ prāpya viṣṇuloke mahīyate

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O King, one who installs a Deity of Lord Hari, who wields a cakra, is freed from all sinful reactions and is transferred to Vaikuntha, the abode of Lord Visnu, along with twenty-one generations of his family, as well as his friends, after being decorated with all kinds of ornaments and receiving great adoration in the heavenly planets on the way.

HBV 19.31

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प्रतिष्ठाꣳ नरसिꣳहस्य यः करोति यथाविधि । निष्कामो नरशार्दूल देहबन्धात् प्रमुच्यते

pratiṣṭhāṁ narasiṁhasya yaḥ karoti yathāvidhi | niṣkāmo naraśārdūla dehabandhāt pramucyate

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O King, one who installs a Deity of Lord Nrsirhha, according to the prescribed rules and regulations, and without desire for personal benefit, will be freed from the bondage of the material body.

HBV 19.32

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सकामो नरसिꣳहस्य परꣳ प्राप्य च मोदते । मन्वन्तराण्यनेकानि लब्धसौख्यो विमुच्यते

sakāmo narasiṁhasya paraṁ prāpya ca modate | manvantarāṇyanekāni labdhasaukhyo vimucyate

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O n e who installs the Deity while maintaining some material motive will go to reside in the abode of Lord Nrsirhha for many manvantaras before finally achieving liberation.

HBV 19.33

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HBV 19.41–42

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प्राप्य पक्षꣳ शुभꣳ शुक्लमतीते चोत्तरायणे । पञ्चमी च द्वितीया च तृतीया सप्तमी तथा दशमी पौर्णमासी च तथा श्रेष्ठा त्रयोदशी । आसु प्रतिष्ठा विधिवत् कृत्वा बहुफला भवेत्

prāpya pakṣaṁ śubhaṁ śuklamatīte cottarāyaṇe | pañcamī ca dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā saptamī tathā daśamī paurṇamāsī ca tathā śreṣṭhā trayodaśī | āsu pratiṣṭhā vidhivat kṛtvā bahuphalā bhavet

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If one installs a Deity of the Supreme Lord according to the procedures laid down in the scriptures on the Dvitlya, Trtiya, Pancaml, Saptami, Dasami, Trayodasi, or Purmina of the fortnight of the waxing moon when the sun travels in the northern hemisphere, one will obtain very auspicious merit.

HBV 19.43–44

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देवारामतडागेषु प्रपोद्यान-ग्रहेषु च । सिꣳहस्थꣳ मकरस्थꣳ च गुरुꣳ यत्नेन वर्जयेत्

devārāmataḍāgeṣu prapodyāna-graheṣu ca | siṁhasthaṁ makarasthaṁ ca guruṁ yatnena varjayet

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For installing a Deity, or for inaugurating a garden, pond, place where free drinking water is distributed, and so on, one should avoid a day when

220 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA Jupiter is in the house of sirhha or makara rasi.

HBV 19.71

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सिद्धक्षेत्रꣳ सरः पुण्यवनꣳ रम्यꣳ नदीतटम् । प्रासादो निर्मितः शक्त्या मनोरमगृहादि च

siddhakṣetraṁ saraḥ puṇyavanaṁ ramyaṁ nadītaṭam | prāsādo nirmitaḥ śaktyā manoramagṛhādi ca

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The Deity of the Lord can be installed at a sacred place, near a lake, in a sanctified forest, on the bank of pleasant river, in a temple, or at home.

HBV 19.72

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अथ विङ्नियमोपेतꣳ देवतास्थापनꣳ शुभम् । पुरो दिशि यथा देवाः स्थाप्याः शृणु तथा मम

atha viṅniyamopetaṁ devatāsthāpanaṁ śubham | puro diśi yathā devāḥ sthāpyāḥ śṛṇu tathā mama

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It is always beneficial for one to first ascertain the proper direction and then perform the installation ceremony. Hear now from Me about which Deity should be installed in which direction.

HBV 19.73–74

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HBV 19.83

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द्रव्यादीनाꣳ प्रसिद्ध्यर्थꣳ वारुण्याꣳ राज्यसिद्धये । वायव्याꣳ वर्जयेद्यत्नात् कौवेर्याꣳ पुष्टिवर्धनम् । ऐशान्याꣳ यजनꣳ श्रेष्ठꣳ सर्वसम्पत्करꣳ नृणाम्

dravyādīnāṁ prasiddhyarthaṁ vāruṇyāṁ rājyasiddhaye | vāyavyāṁ varjayedyatnāt kauveryāṁ puṣṭivardhanam | aiśānyāṁ yajanaṁ śreṣṭhaṁ sarvasampatkaraṁ nṛṇām

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When a temple of the Supreme Lord is built on the western side of a village or city, it bestows material prosperity to the inhabitants, although the northwest corner should be avoided. Indeed, the citizens of the entire kingdom will prosper. If a temple is built on the northern side, that will be very conducive to the health of the people in general, and if it is built in the northeast corner, it will enhance the overall welfare of the people.

HBV 19.84

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वर्णाश्रमविभागेन देवाः स्थाप्या हि नान्यथा

varṇāśramavibhāgena devāḥ sthāpyā hi nānyathā

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devl purdne (In the Devi Purdna it is stated) varndsrama viblidgena devdh sthdpydhi ndnyathd The Deity installation must be carried out according to the procedures prescribed for one's position within the varndsrama society.

HBV 19.85

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चातुर्वर्णैस्तथा विष्णुः प्रतिष्ठाप्यः सुखार्थिभिः

cāturvarṇaistathā viṣṇuḥ pratiṣṭhāpyaḥ sukhārthibhiḥ

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Desiring to attain happiness in this life, the members of the four varnas should install the Deity of Lord Visnu.

HBV 19.86

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शैवः सौरो नैष्ठिकश्च नग्नः सङ्करजोऽशुचिः । वृद्धः कुत्सितमूर्तिर्यो महापातकचिह्नितः कुष्ठी च कुनखी श्वित्री निष्ठीवी घर्घरस्वरः । अर्वुदी गण्डवी व्यङ्गी गर्वितो वधिरस्तथा तन्त्रविद्वेषिकश्चैव परद्रोहरतस्तथा । कुण्डः काकस्वरः क्लीवः कातरः क्रोधनस्तथा पुनर्भूश्च स्वयम्भूश्च गोलको नास्तिकस्तथा । जडोऽतिगौरः खल्वीटो हीनाङ्गः स्थूल एव च अतिकृष्णोऽधृणः पापी कृशो ह्रस्वोऽलसस्तथा । व्यापन्नोऽसꣳस्कृतश्चैव उद्विग्नो दीन एव च व्रतोपवासहीनश्च वृषलीपतिरेव च । पण्यरङ्गोपजैवी च पण्यस्त्री-पारदारिकः आचार्यपुत्रकादीनाꣳ विद्वेष्टा परसेवकः । भोजकः सुवकश्चैव व्यसनी पिशुनी गदी अतिर्रोगी भिषक् चैव साहसी समयच्युतः । द्विजातिगुरुदेवानाꣳ निन्दकः पापकस्तथा पिङ्गाक्षो धूम्रवर्णाक्षो विडालाक्षस्तथैव च । मत्सरी गण्डमाली च वकवृत्तिरतस्तथा उपायदेशहीनश्च कक्खटः कुत्सितव्रतः । निर्दयश्चैव निःसत्त्वो नैपुण्यपरिवर्जितः । प्रतिष्ठातन्त्रकिञ्चिज्ज्ञोऽवेदवेदाङ्गपारगः वर्जयीत प्रयत्नेन सर्वज्ञमपि नास्तिकम्

śaivaḥ sauro naiṣṭhikaśca nagnaḥ saṅkarajo'śuciḥ | vṛddhaḥ kutsitamūrtiryo mahāpātakacihnitaḥ kuṣṭhī ca kunakhī śvitrī niṣṭhīvī ghargharasvaraḥ | arvudī gaṇḍavī vyaṅgī garvito vadhirastathā tantravidveṣikaścaiva paradroharatastathā | kuṇḍaḥ kākasvaraḥ klīvaḥ kātaraḥ krodhanastathā punarbhūśca svayambhūśca golako nāstikastathā | jaḍo'tigauraḥ khalvīṭo hīnāṅgaḥ sthūla eva ca atikṛṣṇo'dhṛṇaḥ pāpī kṛśo hrasvo'lasastathā | vyāpanno'saṁskṛtaścaiva udvigno dīna eva ca vratopavāsahīnaśca vṛṣalīpatireva ca | paṇyaraṅgopajaivī ca paṇyastrī-pāradārikaḥ ācāryaputrakādīnāṁ vidveṣṭā parasevakaḥ | bhojakaḥ suvakaścaiva vyasanī piśunī gadī atirrogī bhiṣak caiva sāhasī samayacyutaḥ | dvijātigurudevānāṁ nindakaḥ pāpakastathā piṅgākṣo dhūmravarṇākṣo viḍālākṣastathaiva ca | matsarī gaṇḍamālī ca vakavṛttiratastathā upāyadeśahīnaśca kakkhaṭaḥ kutsitavrataḥ | nirdayaścaiva niḥsattvo naipuṇyaparivarjitaḥ | pratiṣṭhātantrakiñcijjño'vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ varjayīta prayatnena sarvajñamapi nāstikam

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230 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA vydpanno 'sarhskrtascaiva ndvigno dina eva ca vratopavasa hinasca vrsali patireva ca panya rangopa jauvl ca pony as tri-pdraddrikah dcdryya putrakddindrh vidvestd parasevakah bhojakah sevakascaiva vyasani pisunl gadi atirrogi bhisak caiva sahasi samayacyutah dvijati gurudevanarh nindakah papakastathd pingdkso dhumravarndkso viddldksas tathaiva ca matsari gandamali ca vaka vrtti ratastatha upaya desa hinasca kakkhatah kutsita vratah nirddayascaiva nihsattvo naipunya parivarjjitah pratistha tantra kincijifio veda veddnga paragah varjjayita prayatnena sarvvajnam api ndstikam One can be appointed as a priest or acarya for conducting the Deity installation if he is none of the following—a devotee of Siva or the sun-god; a strict celibate; well-dressed; born of an illegitimate father or mother; impure; old; ugly; very sinful; afflicted with leprosy; having diseased nails or white leprosy; a tendency to spit again and again; a strange voice; afflicted by a tumor or swelling of a gland; disabled; proud; deaf; averse to the tantra literature; fond of troubling others; having

voice like a crow; idle; often angry; the son of an uncultured mother; an orphan; devoid of faith in the existence of the spiritual world; the son of a woman whose husband has died; an atheist; a gross materialist; too fair in complexion; bald; deformed; too fat; too dark; cruel; sinful; too thin; too short in stature; too lazy; always in danger; devoid of culture; full of anxiety; poor; averse to observing vows and fasts; a pimp; an actor; attached to prostitutes; envious of the acarya's children; engaged in serving worldly men; an enjoyer of food that is meant to be offered to the Lord; a worshiper of the demigods and goddesses so that he can earn his livelihood; a drunkard; a hypocrite; always sick or seriously ill a physician; a coward; not a follower of scriptural rules and regulations a blasphemer of the Supreme Lord, brdhmanas, and the spiritual master a sinner; having yellow eyes, smoke-colored eyes, or eyes like those of a cat; unable to endure others' prosperity; afflicted by a throat ailment; a cheater; one who left his profession and country; hard-hearted; an observer of inauspicious vows; merciless; weak; incompetent; one who has poor knowledge of the principal Vedic literatures. An atheist must be rejected by all means, even if he knows everything and seems to possess good qualities.

HBV 19.117

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परवाक्यप्रमाणज्ञो ब्राह्मणो वेदपारगः । रञ्जितः पशुशास्त्रेण नाचर्येत स देशिकः

paravākyapramāṇajño brāhmaṇo vedapāragaḥ | rañjitaḥ paśuśāstreṇa nācaryeta sa deśikaḥ

English translation

O n e cannot act as an dcarya if he presents contradictory or unauthorized statements as evidence, or is accustomed to studying atheistic literature, even if he is a brdhmana who is well-versed in the Vedas.

HBV 19.118

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HBV 19.157

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HBV 19.192

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ओꣳ आयाहि वरुण महाराजाधिराज पाशहस्त स्वबलवाहनावृत इहागच्छागच्छ तिष्ठ तिष्ठ पश्चिमद्वारमभिरक्ष रक्षेत्यावाह्य ओꣳ उरु हि राजा वरुणश्चकारेत्यनेनार्घ्यꣳ दत्त्वा गन्धादिभिरर्चयेत्

oṁ āyāhi varuṇa mahārājādhirāja pāśahasta svabalavāhanāvṛta ihāgacchāgaccha tiṣṭha tiṣṭha paścimadvāramabhirakṣa rakṣetyāvāhya oṁ uru hi rājā varuṇaścakāretyanenārghyaṁ dattvā gandhādibhirarcayet

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By chanting the mantra: orh dydhi varuna mahdrdjddhirdja pdsahasta svabala vahanavrta ihagaccha gaccha tistha tistha pascima dvaram abhiraksa raksetydvdhya orh—one should invoke Varuna in the western direction, and worship him with offerings of arghya, flowers, sandalwood paste, and so on.

HBV 19.193

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ओꣳ आयाहि पवन महाराजाधिराज ध्वजहस्त स्वबलवाहनावृत इहागच्छागच्छ तिष्ठ तिष्ठ वायवीꣳ दिशमभिरक्ष रक्षेत्यावाह्य ओꣳ वात आ वातु भेषजमित्यनेनार्घ्यꣳ दत्त्वा गन्धादिभिरर्चयेत्

oṁ āyāhi pavana mahārājādhirāja dhvajahasta svabalavāhanāvṛta ihāgacchāgaccha tiṣṭha tiṣṭha vāyavīṁ diśamabhirakṣa rakṣetyāvāhya oṁ vāta ā vātu bheṣajamityanenārghyaṁ dattvā gandhādibhirarcayet

English translation

By chanting the mantra: orh dydhi pavana mahdrdjddhirdja dhvajahasta svabala vahanavrta ihagaccha gaccha tistha tistha vayavirh disam abhiraksa raksetydvdhya orh—one should invoke Pavana in the northwest direction, and worship him with offerings of arghya, flowers, sandalwood pulp, and so on.

HBV 19.194

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ओꣳ आयाहि सोम महाराजाधिराज शङ्खहस्त स्वबलाहनावृत इहागच्छागच्छ तिष्ठ तिष्ठ उत्तरद्वारमभिरक्ष रक्षेत्यावाह्य ओꣳ सोमꣳ राजानमित्यनेनार्घ्यꣳ दत्त्वा गन्धादिभिरर्चयेत् ।

oṁ āyāhi soma mahārājādhirāja śaṅkhahasta svabalāhanāvṛta ihāgacchāgaccha tiṣṭha tiṣṭha uttaradvāramabhirakṣa rakṣetyāvāhya oṁ somaṁ rājānamityanenārghyaṁ dattvā gandhādibhirarcayet |

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By chanting this mantra: orh dyahi soma maharajadhiraja sankhahasta svabala vahanavrta ihagaccha gaccha tistha tistha uttara dvaram abhiraksatya vahya orh—one should invoke the moon-god, Soma, in the northern direction, and worship him with offerings of arghya, flowers, sandalwood paste, and so on.

HBV 19.195

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ओꣳ आयाहीशान महाराजाधिराज शूलहस्त स्वबलवाहनावृत इहागच्छागच्म तिष्ठ तिष्ठ ऐशानीꣳ दिशमभिरक्ष रक्षेत्यावाह्य ओꣳ ईशानाय नमस्येत्यनेनार्घ्यꣳ दत्त्वा गन्धादिभिरर्चयेत् ।

oṁ āyāhīśāna mahārājādhirāja śūlahasta svabalavāhanāvṛta ihāgacchāgacma tiṣṭha tiṣṭha aiśānīṁ diśamabhirakṣa rakṣetyāvāhya oṁ īśānāya namasyetyanenārghyaṁ dattvā gandhādibhirarcayet |

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By chanting this mantra: orh aydhisan maharajadhiraja sulahasta svabala vahanavrta ihagaccha gaccha tishta tistha aisdnirh disam abhiraksa raksetydvdhya orh—one should invoke Isana in the northeast direction, and worship him with offerings of arghya, flowers, sandalwood paste, and so on.

HBV 19.196

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ओꣳ आयाहि चतुर्मुख सर्वलोकाधिपते स्रुक्स्रुवहस्त स्वबलवाहनावृत इहागच्छागच्छ तिष्ठ तिष्ठ ऊर्द्ध्वाꣳ विशमभिरक्ष रक्षेत्यावाह्य ओꣳ हिरण्यगर्भः समवर्ततान इत्यनेनार्घ्यꣳ दत्त्वा गन्धादिभिरर्चयेत्

oṁ āyāhi caturmukha sarvalokādhipate sruksruvahasta svabalavāhanāvṛta ihāgacchāgaccha tiṣṭha tiṣṭha ūrddhvāṁ viśamabhirakṣa rakṣetyāvāhya oṁ hiraṇyagarbhaḥ samavartatāna ityanenārghyaṁ dattvā gandhādibhirarcayet

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By chanting this mantra: orh dyahi caturmmukha sarvvalokddhipate srak sruva hasta svabala vahanavrta ihagaccha gaccha tistha tistha udrdhvdrh disam abhiraksa raksetydvdhya orh—one should invoke Brahma, who has four heads, in the upper direction, and worship him with offerings of arghya, flowers, sandalwood paste, and so on.

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HBV 19.197

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ओꣳ आयाहि अनन्त महाराजाधिराज स्वबलवाहनावृत लाङ्गलहस्त इहागच्छागच्छ तिष्ठ तिष्ठ अधोदिशमभिरक्ष रक्षेत्यावाह्य ओꣳ नमोऽस्तु सर्पेभ्य इत्यनेनार्घ्यꣳ दत्त्वा गन्धादिभिरर्चयेत्

oṁ āyāhi ananta mahārājādhirāja svabalavāhanāvṛta lāṅgalahasta ihāgacchāgaccha tiṣṭha tiṣṭha adhodiśamabhirakṣa rakṣetyāvāhya oṁ namo'stu sarpebhya ityanenārghyaṁ dattvā gandhādibhirarcayet

English translation

By chanting this mantra: orh dydhi ananta mahardjadhirdja svabala vahanavrta langalahasta ihagaccha gaccha tistha tistha adhodisam abhiraksa raksetydvdhya orh—one should invoke Ananta Sesa in the lower direction, and worship Him with offerings of arghya, flowers, sandalwood paste, and so on.

HBV 19.198

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द्रव्याणि पर्वाण्याहृत्य कृत्वा कृष्णार्चनादिकम् । वेद्यामालिख्य चक्रादि शय्यादि रचयेत्ततः

dravyāṇi parvāṇyāhṛtya kṛtvā kṛṣṇārcanādikam | vedyāmālikhya cakrādi śayyādi racayettataḥ

English translation

After collecting all the required paraphernalia for installing the Deity, one should first worship Lord Krsna and then decorate the altar with auspicious drawings, place a bed there, and perform the other required functions.

HBV 19.199

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वल्मीकमृत्तिकाꣳ सप्तस्थानोत्थामपरे न्यसेत् । जाह्नवीबालुकातोयꣳ विन्यसेदपरे घटे वराह-वृषनागेन्द्र-विषाणोद्धृतमृत्तिकाम् । कूलद्वयमृदꣳ नद्याꣳ विन्यसेदपरे घटे मृत्तिकाꣳ पद्ममूलस्य कुशस्याप्यपरे घटे । तीर्थपर्वतमृद्भिस्तु युक्तमप्यपरे घटे नागकेशरपुष्पञ्च काश्मीरमपरे घटे । चन्दनागुरुकर्पूरैः पूरितꣳ चापरꣳ न्यसेत् वैदूर्यꣳ विद्रुमꣳ मुक्ताꣳ स्फाटिकꣳ वज्रमेव च । एतान्येकत्र निक्षिप्त्वा स्थापयेद्देवसत्तम नदीनदतडागानाꣳ सलिलैरपरꣳ न्यसेत् । एकाशीतिपदे चान्यान् मण्डपे कलसान्न्यसेत्

valmīkamṛttikāṁ saptasthānotthāmapare nyaset | jāhnavībālukātoyaṁ vinyasedapare ghaṭe varāha-vṛṣanāgendra-viṣāṇoddhṛtamṛttikām | kūladvayamṛdaṁ nadyāṁ vinyasedapare ghaṭe mṛttikāṁ padmamūlasya kuśasyāpyapare ghaṭe | tīrthaparvatamṛdbhistu yuktamapyapare ghaṭe nāgakeśarapuṣpañca kāśmīramapare ghaṭe | candanāgurukarpūraiḥ pūritaṁ cāparaṁ nyaset vaidūryaṁ vidrumaṁ muktāṁ sphāṭikaṁ vajrameva ca | etānyekatra nikṣiptvā sthāpayeddevasattama nadīnadataḍāgānāṁ salilairaparaṁ nyaset | ekāśītipade cānyān maṇḍape kalasānnyaset

English translation

In the nine other pitchers, there should be: 1) Clay from seven different ant-hills. 2) Ganges water mixed with sand from the Ganges. 3) Clay dug up by the horns of an ox, tusk of a pig, or hood of a serpent, as well as clay collected from both banks of a river. 4) Clay from the root of a lotus plant and kusa grass. 5) Clay from a mountain and various holy places. 6) Nagakesara flowers and kunkuma. 7) Sandalwood paste, aguru, and camphor. 8) Cats-eye, coral, pearls, crystal, and diamonds. 9) Water from a river, lake, or pond where lotuses grow. O foremost of demigods, in this way, there should be eighty-one pitchers within the mandapa.

264 SRI H A R I - B H AKTI - VILAS A

HBV 19.235

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पूरितान् गन्धतोयेन धान्यस्थाꣳस्तास्तु मन्त्रयेत् । श्रीसूक्तेन समस्तेन सर्वानेव सकृत् सकृत्

pūritān gandhatoyena dhānyasthāṁstāstu mantrayet | śrīsūktena samastena sarvāneva sakṛt sakṛt

English translation

In addition to these pitchers, there should be one hundred and eight pitchers filled with Ganges water scented with sandalwood paste and placed on rice paddy. These pitchers should be purified by reciting the Purusa-sukta mantra.

HBV 19.236

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कलसानधिवास्यैवमर्घ्यादीन् विनिवेशयेत्

kalasānadhivāsyaivamarghyādīn viniveśayet

English translation

tatraiva (In the same literature it is stated) kalasdn adhivasyyaivam arghyddin vinivesayet After arranging these pitchers in the prescribed manner, one should place the ingredients for arghya in the proper sequence.

HBV 19.237

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यवꣳ सिद्धार्थकꣳ गन्धꣳ कुशाग्रꣳ चाक्षतꣳ तथा । तिलान् फलꣳ तथा पुष्पमर्घ्यार्थꣳ पूर्वतो न्यसेत्

yavaṁ siddhārthakaṁ gandhaṁ kuśāgraṁ cākṣataṁ tathā | tilān phalaṁ tathā puṣpamarghyārthaṁ pūrvato nyaset

English translation

There should be barley, white mustard seeds, sandalwood paste, kusa grass, rice paddy, sesame seeds, fruit, and flowers on the arghya plate, and it should be kept on the eastern side of the altar.

HBV 19.238

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HBV 19.281

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अवधार्य जगच्छान्तिꣳ नेत्रे चोन्मीलयेद्बुधः । चित्रꣳ देवेति मन्त्रेण ज्योतिर्देवस्य चोत्किरेत्

avadhārya jagacchāntiṁ netre conmīlayedbudhaḥ | citraṁ deveti mantreṇa jyotirdevasya cotkiret

English translation

For the welfare of all the people of the world, a learned person should invoke the Lord's vision by chanting the mantra beginning with citrarh deveti.

HBV 19.282

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अग्निज्योतीतिमन्त्रेण ज्ञात्वा दृष्टिꣳ प्रकल्पयेत् । दृष्टिभेदाꣳस्तु सकलान् वर्णयिष्ये तवोपरि

agnijyotītimantreṇa jñātvā dṛṣṭiṁ prakalpayet | dṛṣṭibhedāṁstu sakalān varṇayiṣye tavopari

English translation

According to the Vedic mantra beginning with agni jyoti there are various kinds of vision. Therefore, one should invoke the most enchanting and auspicious vision. I shall now describe to you these different visions.

HBV 19.283

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चित्रꣳ देवेति-मन्त्रेण सोम्याꣳ दृष्टिꣳ तु कारयेत्

citraṁ deveti-mantreṇa somyāṁ dṛṣṭiṁ tu kārayet

English translation

A learned acarya should invoke the auspicious vision of the Deity by chanting the mantra beginning with citrarh deveti.

HBV 19.284

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दृष्टयो बहुधा नाट्यशास्त्रेषु परिकीर्तिताः । किꣳ त्वत्रोद्देशतो वक्ष्ये दृष्टीनाꣳ लक्षणꣳ द्विज

dṛṣṭayo bahudhā nāṭyaśāstreṣu parikīrtitāḥ | kiṁ tvatroddeśato vakṣye dṛṣṭīnāṁ lakṣaṇaṁ dvija

English translation

O brdhmana, in the literature that deals with dramatic arts, there are descriptions of many kinds of vision. Here we shall describe them briefly.

HBV 19.285–288

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HBV 19.308

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Lord Visnu should be invited by resciting: O Lord Visnu, You resemble pure white crystal. O bestower of mercy upon the living entities! 0 Vasudeva, kindly appear and partake of the offerings made in sacrifice. 1 offer my repeated obeisances unto You.

HBV 19.350

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अनेनावाह्य देवेशꣳ कुर्यात् कौतुकमोचनम् । मुञ्चामि त्वेति मन्त्रेण देशिकस्यापि मोचयेत्

anenāvāhya deveśaṁ kuryāt kautukamocanam | muñcāmi tveti mantreṇa deśikasyāpi mocayet

English translation

After inviting the Lord of the demigods by reciting this prayer, the acarya take off his protective amulet, and other amulets, while chanting the mantra beginning with muncdmitva.

NINETEENTH VILAS A 295

HBV 19.351

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हिरण्मयेति मन्त्रेण अर्घ्यꣳ देवाय दापयेत् । अतो देवेति-सूक्तेन पाद्यꣳ कृष्णाय मन्त्रितम् । मधूवातेति मन्त्रेण मधुपर्कꣳ निवेदयेत्

hiraṇmayeti mantreṇa arghyaṁ devāya dāpayet | ato deveti-sūktena pādyaṁ kṛṣṇāya mantritam | madhūvāteti mantreṇa madhuparkaṁ nivedayet

English translation

When offering arghya to the Deity, one should chant the mantra beginning with hiranmaya. W h e n offering padya to the Deity, one should chant the mantra beginning with ato deva, and when offering madhuparka, one should chant the mantra beginning with madhuvdtd.

HBV 19.352

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मयि गृह्णाति मन्त्रेण दद्यादाचमनꣳ बुधः । अक्षन्नमीमदन्तेति किरेद्दूर्वाक्षितꣳ बुधः

mayi gṛhṇāti mantreṇa dadyādācamanaṁ budhaḥ | akṣannamīmadanteti kireddūrvākṣitaṁ budhaḥ

English translation

One who is wise should chant the mantra beginning with mayi grhndti while offering dcamana to the Deity. While throwing dilrva grass and rice paddy upon the Deity's body, one should chant the mantra beginning with aksannam imadanateti.

HBV 19.353

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HBV 19.370

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कृत्वा प्राग्लिखितैर्दर्भैः प्रागग्नेर्वꣳशपल्लवैः । पुष्पैर्वास्तरणꣳ कृत्वा वस्त्रेणाच्छादयेद्गुरुः

kṛtvā prāglikhitairdarbhaiḥ prāgagnervaṁśapallavaiḥ | puṣpairvāstaraṇaṁ kṛtvā vastreṇācchādayedguruḥ

English translation

pddme (In the Padma Pur ana it is stated) krtva prdglikhitair darbhaih prdgagrer varhsa pallavaih puspais taranam krtva vastrena dcchddayed guruh The spiritual master should spread some kusa grass whose tips face east, or some bamboo leaves, on some flowers, and cover this with cloth.

HBV 19.371

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प्राङ्मुखꣳ स्थापयित्वास्मिन् देवꣳ कुर्यात् प्रदक्षिणम् । निद्राकुम्भꣳ शिरोदेशे न्यसेद्दत्वोपधानकम्

prāṅmukhaṁ sthāpayitvāsmin devaṁ kuryāt pradakṣiṇam | nidrākumbhaṁ śirodeśe nyaseddatvopadhānakam

English translation

The Deity should first be placed inside the adhivdsa-mandapa, facing east, and then everyone should circumambulate Him. The pitcher known as nidrdkumbha should be brought, and a pillow should be placed behind the Deity's head.

HBV 19.372

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गात्राणि सꣳस्पृशन् देवस्य दक्षिण-पार्श्वे उपविष्टः अग्रे लेख्येन ओꣳ आप्यायस्वेत्यादि-मन्त्र-द्वयेन देवस्याङ्गान्यालभमानः सन् देव-हस्ते प्रतिसरꣳ सूत्र-विशेषꣳ दद्यात्

gātrāṇi saṁspṛśan devasya dakṣiṇa-pārśve upaviṣṭaḥ agre lekhyena oṁ āpyāyasvetyādi-mantra-dvayena devasyāṅgānyālabhamānaḥ san deva-haste pratisaraṁ sūtra-viśeṣaṁ dadyāt

English translation

O n e should then touch the Deity with honey, ghee, and white mustard seeds, worship Him with offerings of flowers and sandalwood paste, and tie a white thread around His wrist.

HBV 19.373

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HBV 19.408

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322 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA offered to the Lord's associates and demigods, while chanting the Gayatri mantra.

HBV 19.457

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भोजयेद्ब्राह्मणꣳ चैव मण्डपादुत्तरे द्विज । पायसेनाज्ययुक्तेन शर्करामिश्रितेन च

bhojayedbrāhmaṇaṁ caiva maṇḍapāduttare dvija | pāyasenājyayuktena śarkarāmiśritena ca

English translation

O brdhmana, this delicious sweet rice made with ghee and sugar should be fed to the assembled brahmanas on the northern side of the mandapa.

HBV 19.458

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मासाधिपानाꣳ तुष्ट्यर्थꣳ दद्यात् कनकदक्षिणाम् । गाश्च ताꣳस्तान् समुद्दिश्य एकैकाय निवेदयेत् । देवासुरादीनुद्दिश्य कुर्याद्वलिनिवेदनम्

māsādhipānāṁ tuṣṭyarthaṁ dadyāt kanakadakṣiṇām | gāśca tāṁstān samuddiśya ekaikāya nivedayet | devāsurādīnuddiśya kuryādvalinivedanam

English translation

In order to satisfy the predominating deities of the sacrifice, one should give daksina of one cow each. Gifts should also be offered to the demigods and asuras.

HBV 19.459–460

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अधिवास्यैव देवेशꣳ कुर्याज्जागरमादरात् । मङ्गलेर्ब्रह्मघोषैश्च जयशब्दरवैस्तथा पुण्याहशब्दैर्विपुलैर्गीतवादित्रनिस्वनैः । शङ्खघोःएन महता वीणावेणुरवेण च । कोलाहलैश्च भेर्याद्यैः कुर्याज्जागरणꣳ हरेः

adhivāsyaiva deveśaṁ kuryājjāgaramādarāt | maṅgalerbrahmaghoṣaiśca jayaśabdaravaistathā puṇyāhaśabdairvipulairgītavāditranisvanaiḥ | śaṅkhaghoḥena mahatā vīṇāveṇuraveṇa ca | kolāhalaiśca bheryādyaiḥ kuryājjāgaraṇaṁ hareḥ

English translation

After completing the adhivdsa ceremony of Lord Hari, one should remain awake the entire night reciting sacred Vedic mantras, chanting )aya\, Jayal, invoking auspiciousness, singing, dancing, playing musical instruments, blowing conch shells, and playing stringed instruments, flutes, drums, large drums. In this way, one should pass the night in transcendental revelry for the satisfaction of the Lord.

HBV 19.461–462

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यस्त्वेवꣳ विधिना भक्त्या कुर्याद्देवाधिवासनम् । स सर्वतीर्थयज्ञानाꣳ दानानाꣳ तपसाꣳ तथा फलꣳ शतगुणꣳ प्राप्य विष्णोर्लोके महीयते । आहूतसप्लवꣳ यावद्देववत्तत्र मोदते

yastvevaṁ vidhinā bhaktyā kuryāddevādhivāsanam | sa sarvatīrthayajñānāṁ dānānāṁ tapasāṁ tathā phalaṁ śataguṇaṁ prāpya viṣṇorloke mahīyate | āhūtasaplavaṁ yāvaddevavattatra modate

English translation

tatraiva (In the same literature it is stated) yastvevarh vidhind bhaktyd kuryydd devddhi vdsanam sa sarvvatirtha yajhdndrh ddndndrh tapasdrh tathd phalarh samgunam prapya visnu loke mahiyate dhuta saplavam ydvad devavat tatra modate One who performs the adhivdsana ceremony of Lord Hari, according to the prescribed rules and regulations, receives one hundred times the merit of bathing at all the holy places, performing sacrifices, giving in charity, and executing penance. He will enjoy life as a liberated soul in the abode of Lord Visnu for one kalpa.

HBV 19.463

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ग्र्द्मम् व्द् नगरम् व्द्पि सनैह् कुर्य्य्द्त् प्रदक्सिनम् पुस्पैर् गन्धैस् तथ्द्न्न्द्द्यैह् सकतम् पुरयेच्छुभैह् सन्ख भेरि निन्द्दैस्च पत्द्क्द्भिर् ध्जजैस् तथ्द् च्द्मरैस्च वित्द्नैस्च कलसैह् पद्मसोभितैह् द्ल्प दर्पन सम्युक्तैर् ग्ल्त मन्गलन्द्दितैह् बलिर्ह् प्रक्सिप्य म्द्नन्तु सनैर् गच्छेत प्रदक्सिनम्

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HBV 19.531

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ईशानः पुरुषः शुक्रः सर्वविद्याधिपस्तथा । शूलहस्तो विरूपाक्षस्तस्मै नित्यꣳ नमो नमः

īśānaḥ puruṣaḥ śukraḥ sarvavidyādhipastathā | śūlahasto virūpākṣastasmai nityaṁ namo namaḥ

English translation

I offer my repeated obeisances to Mahadeva, who is the master of the demigods, whose complexion is white, who is endowed with all knowledge, who casts a sidelong glance, and who carries a trident in his hand.

342 SRI HARI-BH AKTI-VILASA This is the mantra to be chanted for the predominating deity of the northeast.

HBV 19.532

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पद्मयोनिश्च तन्मूर्तिर्वेदव्यासः पितामहः । यज्ञाध्यक्षश्च सततꣳ तस्मै नित्यꣳ नमो नमः

padmayoniśca tanmūrtirvedavyāsaḥ pitāmahaḥ | yajñādhyakṣaśca satataṁ tasmai nityaṁ namo namaḥ

English translation

I offer my repeated obeisances to Brahma, who was born on a lotus flower, who is the form of Vedavyasa, who is the grandfather of all living entities, and who is the master of all sacrifices. This is the mantra to be chanted for the predominating deity of the upper direction, which lies between Siva and Indra.

HBV 19.533

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योऽसवनन्त रुपेन ब्रह्मन्दम् सचर्द्चरम् पुस्पवद्ध्द्रयेन् मुर्द्ध्हिन् तस्मै नित्यम् नमो नमह्

yo'savananta rupena brahmandam sacardcaram puspavaddhdrayen murddhhin tasmai nityam namo namah

English translation

I offer my repeated obeisances to Anantadeva, who in His form as Sesa holds the entire universe with all moving and non-moving living entities on His hood, just like a flower. This is the mantra to be chanted for the predominating deity of the lower direction, which is by the right side of Varunadeva.

Sanskrit normalized from the complete edition text layer where the Grantha Mandira control has a numbering discontinuity.

HBV 19.534

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मत्स्ये च प्रयह् सर्व्वम् एवमेव ओम्क्द्रपुर्व्विक्द् ह्येते न्य्द्से बलि निवेदने मन्त्रह् स्युह् सर्व्वदेवनम् व्र्द्धिपुत्र फलप्रद्ध्

matsye ca prayah sarvvam evameva omkdrapurvvikd hyete nydse bali nivedane mantrah syuh sarvvadevanam vrddhiputra phalapraddh

English translation

The following mantras are to be chanted while offering jewels and other items to the demigods, and should be preceded by om. By chanting these mantras, the one on whose behalf the spiritual master is installing the Deity will become prosperous and blessed with good children.

NINETEENTH VILAS A 343

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HBV 19.535

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दिगीशानाꣳ तु मन्त्रेण रत्नादीन् विनिवेशयेत्

digīśānāṁ tu mantreṇa ratnādīn viniveśayet

English translation

The jewels should be offered to the predominating deities of the different directions while chanting the appropriate mantras and placing them on the sacred stone inside the pit.

HBV 19.536

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तद्यथा— ओꣳ शक्रः सुरपतिः श्रीमान् सहस्रनयनोज्ज्वलः । यष्टा यः क्रतुमुख्यानाꣳ नमस्तस्मै महात्मने । ओꣳ त्रातारमिति मन्त्रेण सान्निध्यꣳ तत्र कारयेत्

tadyathā— oṁ śakraḥ surapatiḥ śrīmān sahasranayanojjvalaḥ | yaṣṭā yaḥ kratumukhyānāṁ namastasmai mahātmane | oṁ trātāramiti mantreṇa sānnidhyaṁ tatra kārayet

English translation

Let me offer my obeisances to the great soul, Indra, who is the king of the demigods and is full of opulence, has one thousand eyes, and performed one hundred horse sacrifices. To invoke his blessings, chant the mantra beginning with om tratdram in the east.

HBV 19.537

HBV 19.666

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प्रभावैरविशेषेण ज्वलन्तीव च दृश्यते । स्फूरन्तीव च दृश्येत प्रतिमा च विशेषतः

prabhāvairaviśeṣeṇa jvalantīva ca dṛśyate | sphūrantīva ca dṛśyeta pratimā ca viśeṣataḥ

English translation

If the Deity suddenly appears to be more effulgent than before, it is to be understood that the Lord has appeared.

HBV 19.667

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स्फुरन्निव जनः कश्चित् स्मयमान इव क्वचित् । वीक्ष्यमाणो जनस्तत्र प्रहृष्ट इव लक्ष्यते । एतैस्तु लक्षणैर्ज्ञेयस्तत्र सन्निहितो हरिः

sphuranniva janaḥ kaścit smayamāna iva kvacit | vīkṣyamāṇo janastatra prahṛṣṭa iva lakṣyate | etaistu lakṣaṇairjñeyastatra sannihito hariḥ

English translation

If someone appears to be unusually happy, if someone is found to be struck with wonder, or if someone who is looking at the Deity suddenly becomes ecstatic, then it is certain that Lord Hari has manifest Himself as the Deity.

HBV 19.668–669

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विशेषादथवा पश्येच्चक्रचापोपमꣳ क्वचित् । छविꣳ वज्रप्रभाꣳ पश्येत् पद्मरागप्रभाꣳ तथा सौदामिनीप्रभाꣳ पश्येत् प्रतिमायाꣳ क्वचिद्यदि । एतैर्ल्ङ्गैस्तु बोद्धव्यस्तत्र सन्निहितो हरिः

viśeṣādathavā paśyeccakracāpopamaṁ kvacit | chaviṁ vajraprabhāṁ paśyet padmarāgaprabhāṁ tathā saudāminīprabhāṁ paśyet pratimāyāṁ kvacidyadi | etairlṅgaistu boddhavyastatra sannihito hariḥ

English translation

If suddenly a rainbow appears in the sky, if suddenly there is lightning, if there is a glittering in the sky, like the sparkling of gems, or if the Deity suddenly illuminates the room then it is to be understood that the Lord has appeared.

HBV 19.670–672

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बधिरा इव केचित्तु मूका इव तथापरे । विभ्रान्ता इव केचिच्च जडा इव तथापरे धावन्त इव केचित्तु पतन्त इव चापरे । नृत्यन्त इव चाप्यन्ये मत्ता इव तथा यदि चित्रस्था इव केचित्तु विवशा इव केचन । भवन्ति तत्र चोन्मत्ताः प्रमत्ता इव चापरे । लिङ्गैरेतैस्तु बोद्धव्यस्तत्र सन्निहितो हरिः

badhirā iva kecittu mūkā iva tathāpare | vibhrāntā iva kecicca jaḍā iva tathāpare dhāvanta iva kecittu patanta iva cāpare | nṛtyanta iva cāpyanye mattā iva tathā yadi citrasthā iva kecittu vivaśā iva kecana | bhavanti tatra conmattāḥ pramattā iva cāpare | liṅgairetaistu boddhavyastatra sannihito hariḥ

English translation

If someone suddenly becomes deaf or dumb; if someone suddenly appears totally bewildered, without apparent cause; if someone becomes stunned, appearing like a statue; if someone suddenly starts running, or falls to the ground, or begins dancing in ecstasy, or appears intoxicated, or becomes totally helpless, like a madman, or begins to behave in a manner that is wild and uncontrollable—by these symptoms it is to be understood that Lord Hari has made His personal appearance as the Deity.

380 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA

HBV 19.673

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सन्मानयेदथाचार्यꣳ शक्त्या वस्त्रादिना ततः । मूर्तिपꣳश्चापरान् विप्रान् वैष्णवाꣳश्चापरानपि

sanmānayedathācāryaṁ śaktyā vastrādinā tataḥ | mūrtipaṁścāparān viprān vaiṣṇavāṁścāparānapi

English translation

Thereafter, one should worship the dcdrya according to one's capacity by giving him new clothes and other gifts. One should also satisfy the Deity's guards, the assembled brdhmanas, and the Vaisnavas.

HBV 19.674

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स्थापिते तु ततो देवे यजमानः समूर्तिपम् । आचार्यꣳ पूजयेद्भक्त्या वस्त्रालङ्कारभूषणैः । दीनान्धकृपणाꣳस्तद्वद्ये चान्ये समुपस्थिताः

sthāpite tu tato deve yajamānaḥ samūrtipam | ācāryaṁ pūjayedbhaktyā vastrālaṅkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ | dīnāndhakṛpaṇāṁstadvadye cānye samupasthitāḥ

English translation

At the completion of the Deity installation ceremony, the host should worship the dcdrya, along with the Deity's guards, with gifts of new clothes, ornaments, and other presentations. He should also satisfy all those who have assembled for the celebration, including the poor, blind, misers, and outcasts.

HBV 19.675

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प्रासादविम्बद्रव्याणाꣳ यावन्तः परमाणवः । तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि तत्कर्ता विष्णुलोकभाक् । एतत् पुण्यꣳ कोटिगुणꣳ भवेदारोपिते ध्वजे

prāsādavimbadravyāṇāṁ yāvantaḥ paramāṇavaḥ | tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi tatkartā viṣṇulokabhāk | etat puṇyaṁ koṭiguṇaṁ bhavedāropite dhvaje

English translation

The owner of a temple will reside in the abode of Lord Visnu for as many thousands of years as there are atoms in the Deity, or in the

406 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILAS A temple. However, one who erects a flag on top of the temple will obtain ten million times that merit.

HBV 19.768

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कूष्माण्डवेदीविम्बानाꣳ भ्रमणाद्वायुनानघ । कण्ठस्य वेष्टनाज्ज्ञेयꣳ फलꣳ कोटिगुणꣳ भवेत्

kūṣmāṇḍavedīvimbānāṁ bhramaṇādvāyunānagha | kaṇṭhasya veṣṭanājjñeyaṁ phalaṁ koṭiguṇaṁ bhavet

English translation

O sinless one, if the shade of a flapping flag rests on the top of a temple, that will award ten million times the merit.

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तन्मध्ये चिन्तयेद् देवर्ह् न्र्सिम्हम् दैत्य निर्द्दलम्

tanmadhye cintayed devarh nrsimham daitya nirddalam

English translation

414 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA sphurat sauddni jhivarh jvalaj jvalana kesaram diptdrka nayarh candra koti bhdsvara damstrinam taptasya tapaniyasya sadrsam purusdnanam sarvva dusta hararh devarh duspreksyam devaddnavaih sarvva varndnta vljena caturddasa yutena ca vinduna alankrtenddau pranavend plutena ca ante pranati yuktena sthapayed dustandsanam One should meditate on Lord Nrsirhhadeva, who kills the demons, as being situated within the Sudarsana cakra. The Lord within the cakra is very effulgent, and has a blazing tongue, fiery mane, eyes like two suns, teeth as bright as millions of moons, and a complexion of molten gold. He is engaged in destroying all kinds of miscreants, difficult for even the demigods and demons to gaze upon, and the master of everyone. The Sudarsana cakra should be installed while chanting the mantra beginning with ksabija consisting of fourteen syllables, preceded by orh, and ending with namah.

Sanskrit normalized from the complete edition text layer where the Grantha Mandira control has a numbering discontinuity.

HBV 19.804

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ततो ध्वजꣳ गृहीत्वा तु यजमानः सबान्धवः । प्रदक्षिणꣳ तु कुर्वीत तूर्यमङ्गलनिस्वनैः

tato dhvajaṁ gṛhītvā tu yajamānaḥ sabāndhavaḥ | pradakṣiṇaṁ tu kurvīta tūryamaṅgalanisvanaiḥ

English translation

Thereafter, the yajamana, along with his friends and relatives, should take the dhvaja and circumambulate the temple, along with the playing of drums and flutes, and the chanting of auspicious mantras.

HBV 19.805–806

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ततो निवेशयेद्दण्डꣳ मन्त्रेणाष्टाक्षरेण तु । मुञ्चामि त्वेति सूक्तेन ध्वजꣳ मुञ्चेद्विचक्षणः दधिभक्तयुते पात्रे ध्वजस्याग्रꣳ निवेशयेत् । ध्रुवाद्येन फडन्तेन ध्वज मन्त्रेण पूजयेत्

tato niveśayeddaṇḍaṁ mantreṇāṣṭākṣareṇa tu | muñcāmi tveti sūktena dhvajaṁ muñcedvicakṣaṇaḥ dadhibhaktayute pātre dhvajasyāgraṁ niveśayet | dhruvādyena phaḍantena dhvaja mantreṇa pūjayet

English translation

O n e who is intelligent should then install the dhvaja while chanting the eight-syllable mantra. He should offer rice mixed with yogurt to the dhvaja while chanting the mantra beginning with muncdmi tveti. The dhvaja should then be worshiped very nicely while chanting mantras, such as those beginning with dhruvddya and phadanta.

HBV 19.807

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शिरस्याधाय तत् पात्रꣳ नारायणमनुस्मरन् । मुक्तमात्रे ध्वजे दद्याज्जीवमाचार्यसत्तमः

śirasyādhāya tat pātraṁ nārāyaṇamanusmaran | muktamātre dhvaje dadyājjīvamācāryasattamaḥ

English translation

The exalted dcarya should carry a plate of rice and yogurt on his head while remembering Lord Narayana and then invoke life into the dhvaja as being situated within that plate.

HBV 19.808

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HBV 19.824

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प्रतिविम्बाहतꣳ शस्त्रैरुत्कीर्णꣳ पाकजꣳ तथा । त्रिविधञ्च समुद्दिष्टꣳ विष्णुरूपꣳ विचक्षणैः

prativimbāhataṁ śastrairutkīrṇaṁ pākajaṁ tathā | trividhañca samuddiṣṭaṁ viṣṇurūpaṁ vicakṣaṇaiḥ

English translation

Learned authorities have classified Deities of Lord Visnu into three categories—those made of clay, those carved from stone, and molded Deities.

HBV 19.825

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प्रतिविम्बाहतꣳ पूज्यꣳ तावत्कालꣳ तु पार्थिवम् । न तत्र कश्चित् सꣳस्कारः केवलꣳ तत्त्वयोजनम् । पूजनान्ते विसर्गश्च पुनर्नेष्टꣳ तदर्चनम्

prativimbāhataṁ pūjyaṁ tāvatkālaṁ tu pārthivam | na tatra kaścit saṁskāraḥ kevalaṁ tattvayojanam | pūjanānte visargaśca punarneṣṭaṁ tadarcanam

English translation

A clay Deity should be worshiped without delay after being constructed. There is no need to perform the various sarhskaras for this kind of Deity. The worship of this Deity is temporary and after the worship is completed, this Deity should be immersed on a body of water.

HBV 19.826

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शस्त्रोत्कीर्णꣳ बहुविधꣳ शिलारत्नादिभेदतः । दारवꣳ शैलजꣳ रूपꣳ प्रासादे स्थापयेत् परम्

śastrotkīrṇaṁ bahuvidhaṁ śilāratnādibhedataḥ | dāravaṁ śailajaṁ rūpaṁ prāsāde sthāpayet param

English translation

Deities that are carved from stone, jewels, or wood, with the use of various implements, should be installed in the temple.

HBV 19.827

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रत्नजꣳ निर्मितꣳ शस्त्रैः पिण्डिकासहितꣳ शुभम् । पिण्डिकारहितꣳ वापि तदेवꣳ द्विविधꣳ पुनः

ratnajaṁ nirmitaṁ śastraiḥ piṇḍikāsahitaṁ śubham | piṇḍikārahitaṁ vāpi tadevaṁ dvividhaṁ punaḥ

English translation

Deities made from jewels should be attached to a purified stand, and should be carved with the use of a weapon. Such Deities are considered to

be very auspicious. Deities made from jewels can also be installed without a stand.

HBV 19.828

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रत्नजस्य तु रूपस्य पिण्डिका धातवी स्मृता । शैली तु शैलजस्येष्टा रत्नजस्य तु नेष्यते

ratnajasya tu rūpasya piṇḍikā dhātavī smṛtā | śailī tu śailajasyeṣṭā ratnajasya tu neṣyate

English translation

A Deity made of jewels should have a stand made of metal, and a Deity made of stone should have a stand made of stone. There is no harm if a Deity made of jewels has no stand.

The mantra beginning with murddhdnarh diva should be chanted while bathing the Lord with water containing the soil from an anthill, and the mantra beginning with imam meti should be chanted while bathing the Lord with Ganges water containing sand.

HBV 19.854–855

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HBV 19.863–865

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तेजोऽसीति तथा दीपमग्निर्मूर्धेति प्रापणम् । इन्द्रच्छत्रेति वै च्छत्रꣳ विकर्णेन तु चामरम् आज्यदोहेन चादर्शꣳ बात आवेति वीजयेत् । त्वमिन्द्रेति ध्वजꣳ दद्यात् पताकामोमिति स्मरन् देवव्रतेन साम्ना तु दद्यादाभरणादिकम् । स्तूयात् पुरुषसूक्तेन साकल्येन जनार्दनम्

tejo'sīti tathā dīpamagnirmūrdheti prāpaṇam | indracchatreti vai cchatraṁ vikarṇena tu cāmaram ājyadohena cādarśaṁ bāta āveti vījayet | tvamindreti dhvajaṁ dadyāt patākāmomiti smaran devavratena sāmnā tu dadyādābharaṇādikam | stūyāt puruṣasūktena sākalyena janārdanam

English translation

One should chant the mantra beginning with tejo'siti while offering a ghee lamp to the Deity, the mantra beginning with agnir murddha while offering food, the mantra beginning with indracchatreti while offering an umbrella, the mantra beginning with vikarneti while offering a camara, the mantra beginning with ajya doheti while offering a mirror, the mantra beginning with vdta dveti while offering a fan, the mantra beginning with wamindreti, or simply om, while offering a flag, the mantra from the Sdma Veda beginning with devavrateti for offering ornaments, and the Purusa- sukta prayers at the end, for the pleasure of Lord Janardana.

HBV 19.866

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दीर्घायुष्येति सम्पूज्य किरेद्दूर्वाक्षतꣳ बुधः । वा ओषधीति मन्त्रेण पुष्पाणि विकिरेद्गुरुः

dīrghāyuṣyeti sampūjya kireddūrvākṣataṁ budhaḥ | vā oṣadhīti mantreṇa puṣpāṇi vikiredguruḥ

English translation

An intelligent spiritual master should offer durva grass and rice paddy while chanting the mantra beginning with dirghdyusyeti, and he should offer flowers while chanting the mantra beginning with yd ausadhiti.

HBV 19.867

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पुनर्बृहद्रथैः स्तुत्वा चक्रसाम्ना जनार्दनम् । शिवसङ्कल्पसूक्तेन शाकुनेन जनार्दनम् । उत्तिष्ठेति समुत्थाप्य शय्यायाꣳ विनिवेशयेत्

punarbṛhadrathaiḥ stutvā cakrasāmnā janārdanam | śivasaṅkalpasūktena śākunena janārdanam | uttiṣṭheti samutthāpya śayyāyāṁ viniveśayet

English translation

While again offering prayers to Lord Janardana, one should chant the mantras beginning with vrhadratha and cakrasama, as well as the Siva-sarikalpa-sukta and the Sakuna-sukta. Thereafter, one should lift the Lord while chanting the mantra beginning with uttishteti, and slowly place Him on His bed.

HBV 19.868

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अपराजित-मन्त्रेण ध्यायेत् सकलनिष्कलम् । व्यापिनन्तु पुनर्घ्यात्वा तत्त्वानि विनियोजयेत्

aparājita-mantreṇa dhyāyet sakalaniṣkalam | vyāpinantu punarghyātvā tattvāni viniyojayet

English translation

One should sit down and meditate on the Lord while chanting the mantra beginning with aparajita. Thereafter, various nyasas should be performed on the all-pervading Personality of Godhead, while meditating upon Him.

HBV 19.869–870

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विष्णवे शिपिविष्ठाय विष्णवे निर्गुणेति च । इदꣳ विष्ण्विति मन्त्रेण तद्विष्णोरिति देशिकः इरावतीति मन्त्रेण त्वꣳ विष्णोरिति चैव हि । प्रतद्विष्ण्विति मन्त्रेण विष्णोर्नुकेति चैव हि तथा पुरुषसूक्तेन सम्यक् षोडश आहुतीः । चरुꣳ हुत्वा पुनः पश्चान्मन्त्रैरेभिस्तु होमयेत्

viṣṇave śipiviṣṭhāya viṣṇave nirguṇeti ca | idaṁ viṣṇviti mantreṇa tadviṣṇoriti deśikaḥ irāvatīti mantreṇa tvaṁ viṣṇoriti caiva hi | pratadviṣṇviti mantreṇa viṣṇornuketi caiva hi tathā puruṣasūktena samyak ṣoḍaśa āhutīḥ | caruṁ hutvā punaḥ paścānmantrairebhistu homayet

English translation

These mantras begin with visnave sipivisthdya, visnave nirgunaya, idarh visnu, tadvisnu, iravatlti, tvam visnu, pratad visnu, and visnor nukam. One should also chant the Purusa-suka while offering sixteen oblations, and the special preparation that had just been cooked. After chanting all these mantras, one should continue to offer oblations into the sacrificial fire.

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HBV 19.916

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पञ्चवर्णकधान्यान्नꣳ पात्रे सꣳस्थाप्य वैणवे । तेन नीराजयेद्देवꣳ विगताचारविप्रतः

pañcavarṇakadhānyānnaṁ pātre saṁsthāpya vaiṇave | tena nīrājayeddevaṁ vigatācāraviprataḥ

English translation

Five varieties of rice should be kept on a plate made of bamboo and then offered to Lord Hari by a brdhmana who has fallen down from his religious principles.

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HBV 19.935

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तद्धस्तेन बलिꣳ दद्याद्रुद्राय च चतुष्पथे । नमो रुद्रायेति मन्त्रꣳ सघ्रुवञ्च स्वयꣳ जपेत्

taddhastena baliṁ dadyādrudrāya ca catuṣpathe | namo rudrāyeti mantraṁ saghruvañca svayaṁ japet

English translation

While this brahmana stands at an intersection, one should offer him nice gifts while chanting the mantra beginning with orh namo rudrdya.

HBV 19.936

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ब्रह्माणञ्च प्रतिष्ठाध्य तन्मन्त्रेण तदादिकाः । उपचारैः षोडशभिर्यजे मण्डलदेवताः

brahmāṇañca pratiṣṭhādhya tanmantreṇa tadādikāḥ | upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiryaje maṇḍaladevatāḥ

English translation

Brahma should also be installed at his appropriate place and worshiped, along with the other demigods, by offering them sixteen ingredients and chanting the appropriate mantras.

HBV 19.937

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स्थाप्यदेवमथावाह्यार्चायाꣳ तल्लिङ्गमन्त्रतः । कर्णिकायाꣳ मण्डलस्य तामर्चामुपवेशयेत्

sthāpyadevamathāvāhyārcāyāṁ talliṅgamantrataḥ | karṇikāyāṁ maṇḍalasya tāmarcāmupaveśayet

English translation

The Lord should be invoked within the Deity that is to be installed by chanting His holy names and the appropriate mantras. The Deity should be installed on a lotus shaped altar that is decorated with auspicious drawings (mandalas).

HBV 19.938

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HBV 19.985

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यानमारोप्य जीर्णार्चीꣳ छाद्य वस्त्रादिना गुरुः । शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषैर्गीतवादित्रनिस्वनैः नीत्वागाधजलꣳ रम्यꣳ भागीरथ्याꣳ महार्णवे । विष्वक्सेनात्मवीजेन प्रक्षिपेत्ताꣳ तदा गुरुः

yānamāropya jīrṇārcīṁ chādya vastrādinā guruḥ | śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣairgītavāditranisvanaiḥ nītvāgādhajalaṁ ramyaṁ bhāgīrathyāṁ mahārṇave | viṣvaksenātmavījena prakṣipettāṁ tadā guruḥ

English translation

The spiritual master should wrap the old Deity in cloth, place it in a vehicle, and take it to either the Ganges or the ocean, accompanied by the blowing of conch shells, the playing of drums, singing, dancing, and instrumental music. There, the spiritual master should recite the mantra beginning with visvakasena dtmabija before immersing the old Deity in the water.

468 SRi HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA

HBV 19.1010

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रत्नानि क्षिप्तान्यादाय स्वयꣳ दद्यात्तु दक्षिणाम्

ratnāni kṣiptānyādāya svayaṁ dadyāttu dakṣiṇām

English translation

All of the precious gems that were kept underneath the Deity's stand should be taken by the spiritual master and shared with the other brahmana priests.

HBV 19.1011

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धेनवो दश वा पञ्च स्वर्णवस्त्राद्यलङ्कृताः । जीर्णोद्धारे प्रदातव्या गुरवे विष्णुतुष्टये

dhenavo daśa vā pañca svarṇavastrādyalaṅkṛtāḥ | jīrṇoddhāre pradātavyā gurave viṣṇutuṣṭaye

English translation

For the pleasure of the Supreme Lord, one should donate either five or ten cows with their calves, nicely decorated with cloth and ornaments, to the spiritual master while re-installing the Deity.

HBV 19.1012

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भोजनीया विष्णुभक्ता देयमन्नमवारितम् । त्रिरात्रमुत्सव कार्यꣳ पञ्च वा सप्त वा तथा । बलिश्च विधिना देयो यथोक्तेन सूरोत्तम

bhojanīyā viṣṇubhaktā deyamannamavāritam | trirātramutsava kāryaṁ pañca vā sapta vā tathā | baliśca vidhinā deyo yathoktena sūrottama

English translation

O foremost of demigods, in this ceremony of re-installing the Deity, one should be sure to feed the devotees of Lord Visnu. Indeed, one should distribute prasdda freely to everyone without discrimination. One should hold a festival for either five or seven days and give sufficient gifts to the Lord's associates, the demigods, and other living entities.

HBV 19.1013

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देवताप्रतिमापूजा स्वतन्त्रैरेव चोदितैः । विज्ञाप्य देवताꣳ मन्त्री पूर्ववत् मन्त्रमुच्चरन् स्वस्थानादुधरेदर्चाꣳ किन्तु ताꣳ वृषभादिना । चालयेच्छिल्पिभिः सार्द्धꣳ सहायैर्बलवत्तरैः

devatāpratimāpūjā svatantraireva coditaiḥ | vijñāpya devatāṁ mantrī pūrvavat mantramuccaran svasthānādudharedarcāṁ kintu tāṁ vṛṣabhādinā | cālayecchilpibhiḥ sārddhaṁ sahāyairbalavattaraiḥ

English translation

It is prescribed in the tantras that if a Deity is broken, or displaced from its original position, then one who is expert in the art of chanting

NINETEENTH VILAS A 473 mantras should pray to the Deity while chanting appropriate mantras and slowly remove Him from the altar. If the deity is very difficult to move, one may take the help of sculptors and their helpers, and if needed, a bull can pull the Deity from His altar.

HBV 19.1030–1031

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चालितोत्पाटिता वार्चा केनचित् पापकारिणा । स्वस्थानपतिता भ्रष्टा निर्व्रणा लक्षणान्विता मन्त्रतन्त्रप्रदेशज्ञः प्रतिष्ठातन्त्रनिर्मलः । स्थापयेत्ताꣳ प्रयत्नेन पूर्ववद्विधिना गुरुः

cālitotpāṭitā vārcā kenacit pāpakāriṇā | svasthānapatitā bhraṣṭā nirvraṇā lakṣaṇānvitā mantratantrapradeśajñaḥ pratiṣṭhātantranirmalaḥ | sthāpayettāṁ prayatnena pūrvavadvidhinā guruḥ

English translation

O gentle one, if a Deity is moved or stolen by a sinful person, and yet is recovered in perfect condition, the spiritual master who is well- conversant in the art of chanting mantras, and the tantra, should carefully re-install the same Deity by observing the above-mentioned procedures, after conducting the necessary purification of the Deity.

HBV 19.1032–1033

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