देवपूजोपचाराःThe offerings of worship
Verse 203
आसनं स्वागतं पाद्यमर्घ्यमाचमनीयकम् । मधुपर्कस्तथाचम्यं स्नानीयं वस्त्रभूषणे ॥ २०३ ॥
āsanaṁ svāgataṁ pādyamarghyamācamanīyakam | madhuparkastathācamyaṁ snānīyaṁ vastrabhūṣaṇē || 203 ||
Translation
A seat, welcome, water for the feet, the arghya, water for rinsing the mouth, the madhuparka, water to sip, the bath, clothes and ornaments,
Word by word
- āsanaṁ
- a seat
- svāgataṁ
- welcome
- pādyam
- water for the feet
- arghyam
- the arghya
- ācamanīyakam
- water for rinsing the mouth
- madhuparkaḥ
- (madhuparkaḥ) the madhuparka
- tathā
- and
- ācamyaṁ
- (ācamyam) water to sip
- snānīyaṁ
- the bath
- vastra
- clothes
- bhūṣaṇē
- and ornaments
Meaning
Verses 203-204 list the sixteen offerings (ṣoḍaśopacāra) of full worship.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the offerings (upacāra) themselves with "āsanam" and the rest. Nirdiṣṭāḥ: told.