देवपूजोपचाराःThe offerings of worship
Verse 205
पाद्यमर्घ्यञ्चाचमनं मधुपर्काचमौ तथा । गन्धादिपञ्चकं चैते उपचारा दश स्मृताः ॥ २०५ ॥
pādyamarghyañcācamanaṁ madhuparkācamau tathā | gandhādipañcakaṁ caitē upacārā daśa smṛtāḥ || 205 ||
Translation
Water for the feet, the arghya and water for the mouth, the madhuparka and sipping, and the five beginning with perfume: these are remembered as the ten offerings.
Word by word
- pādyam
- water for the feet
- arghyaṁ
- the arghya
- ca
- and
- ācamanaṁ
- (ācamanam) water for the mouth
- madhuparka
- the madhuparka
- ācamau
- (ācamau) and sipping
- tathā
- and
- gandha
- perfume
- ādi
- beginning with
- pañcakaṁ
- the five
- ētē
- these
- upacārāḥ
- (upacārāḥ) offerings
- daśa
- ten
- smṛtāḥ
- (smṛtāḥ) are remembered
Meaning
A shorter worship uses ten offerings (daśopacāra).
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the kinds of offering in two verses, "pādyam" and the rest. The meaning is clear.