Devanagari
शैली दारुमयी लौही लेप्या लेख्या च सैकती ।
मनोमयी मणिमयी प्रतिमाष्टविधा स्मृता ॥ १२ ॥
Verse text
śailī dāru-mayī lauhī
lepyā lekhyā ca saikatī
mano-mayī maṇi-mayī
pratimāṣṭa-vidhā smṛtā
Synonyms
śailī
—
made of stone
;
dāru
—
mayī — made of wood
;
lauhī
—
made of metal
;
lepyā
—
made of clay, sandalwood and other substances laid down as a paste
;
lekhyā
—
painted
;
ca
—
and
;
saikatī
—
made of sand
;
manaḥ
—
mayī — conceived of in the mind
;
maṇi
—
mayī — made of jewels
;
pratimā
—
the Deity
;
aṣṭa
—
vidhā — in eight varieties
;
smṛtā
—
it is remembered .
Translation
The Deity form of the Lord is said to appear in eight varieties — stone, wood, metal, earth, paint, sand, the mind or jewels.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The deity form of the Lord is said to appear in eight varieties—stone, wood, metal, clay, paint, sand, the mind or jewels.
The types of deities are mentioned. Śailī means “made of stone.” Lauhī means “made of metals like gold.”
Purport
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains that certain Deity forms, such as those made of sand, are manifested for a brief time to fulfill a personal desire of the worshiper. Those, however, who desire to attain pure love of God should worship the permanent form of the Deity (made, for instance, of marble, gold or brass), and they should maintain continual worship. In Kṛṣṇa consciousness there is no scope for neglecting the worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.