देवपूजोपचाराःThe offerings of worship
Verse 204
गन्धपुष्पे धूपदीपौ नैवेद्यं वन्दनं तथा । देवार्चनासु निर्दिष्टा उपचाराश्च षोडश ॥ २०४ ॥
gandhapuṣpē dhūpadīpau naivēdyaṁ vandanaṁ tathā | dēvārcanāsu nirdiṣṭā upacārāśca ṣōḍaśa || 204 ||
Translation
…perfume and flowers, incense and lamp, food and salutation: these are the sixteen offerings set down for the worship of the gods.
Word by word
- gandha
- perfume
- puṣpē
- and flowers
- dhūpa
- incense
- dīpau
- and lamp
- naivēdyaṁ
- food
- vandanaṁ
- salutation
- tathā
- and
- dēva
- of the gods
- arcanāsu
- (arcanāsu) in the worship
- nirdiṣṭāḥ
- (nirdiṣṭāḥ) set down
- upacārāḥ
- (upacārāḥ) the offerings
- ca
- and
- ṣōḍaśa
- sixteen
Meaning
The madhuparka is a mixture of honey, curd and ghee; the arghya is water with flowers, grain and other auspicious things offered at the head.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 203.