कार्यभेदे देवविशेषपूजनम्The god proper to each rite
Verse 138
देव्युवाच । विविधानि विधानानि कथितान्युक्तकर्मसु । क्रमो न दर्शितो येन मानवः कर्म साधयेत् ॥ १३८ ॥
dēvyuvāca | vividhāni vidhānāni kathitānyuktakarmasu | kramō na darśitō yēna mānavaḥ karma sādhayēt || 138 ||
Translation
The Devī said: You have told the many rites for the acts described, but not shown the order by which a man should carry out the work.
Word by word
- vividhāni
- many
- vidhānāni
- rites
- kathitāni
- (kathitāni) are told
- ukta
- (ukta) described
- karmasu
- for the acts
- kramaḥ
- (kramaḥ) the order
- na
- not
- darśitaḥ
- (darśitaḥ) shown
- yēna
- by which
- mānavaḥ
- (mānavaḥ) a man
- karma
- the work
- sādhayēt
- should carry out
Meaning
The Devī asks for the sequence. Wishing to know in what order each rite is done, as the commentary puts it, she points out that the parts have been given but not their arrangement.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now, wishing to know the order in which each of the rites told is to be done, the Devī said "vividhāni" and the rest.