देवपूजोपचाराःThe offerings of worship
Verse 206
गन्धपुष्पे धूपदीपौ नैवेद्यञ्चापि कालिके । पञ्चोपचाराः कथिता देवतायाः प्रपूजने ॥ २०६ ॥
gandhapuṣpē dhūpadīpau naivēdyañcāpi kālikē | pañcōpacārāḥ kathitā dēvatāyāḥ prapūjanē || 206 ||
Translation
Perfume and flowers, incense and lamp, and food, O Kālikā: these are declared the five offerings in the worship of a deity.
Word by word
- gandha
- perfume
- puṣpē
- and flowers
- dhūpa
- incense
- dīpau
- and lamp
- naivēdyaṁ
- food
- ca
- and
- api
- also
- kālikē
- O Kālikā
- pañca
- five
- upacārāḥ
- (upacārāḥ) offerings
- kathitāḥ
- (kathitāḥ) are declared
- dēvatāyāḥ
- (devatāyāḥ) of a deity
- prapūjanē
- in the worship
Meaning
The shortest form is the five offerings (pañcopacāra), the core of every worship.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 205.