Verse 12

¹²Of stone, of wood, of metal, of clay, painted, of sand, made of mind, made of jewels: the image is held to be of eight kinds. ¹³The setting up is of two kinds, moveable and unmoveable, and it is a house for the living one. In an unmoving image, Uddhava, there is no calling in and no sending away in the worship. ¹⁴In a moveable one there is a choice, and on bare ground there are both. There is a bathing, except where it would wash the image away; elsewhere, a wiping. ¹⁵My offering, for one who does not pretend, is with the things laid down, in images and the rest; and for one given to me, with whatever he can get, and in the heart, by feeling alone.

¹⁶Bathing and adorning are dearest in an image, Uddhava. On bare ground it is the setting down of the principles; in fire, an offering soaked in butter. ¹⁷In the sun the honouring is dearest, and in water it is with water and the rest. Even water is dearest to me when it is brought with trust by one given to me. ¹⁸Even a great deal, brought by one not given to me, does not serve to please me. How much less scent, incense, flowers, a lamp, or food.