उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering
Verse 213
उक्तक्रमेण देवेशि प्रदायाऽऽसनमुत्तमम् । कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा स्वागतं प्रार्थयेत्ततः ॥ २१३ ॥
uktakramēṇa dēvēśi pradāyā’’sanamuttamam | kṛtāñjalipuṭō bhūtvā svāgataṁ prārthayēttataḥ || 213 ||
Translation
O queen of the gods, having given the excellent seat in the order told, he should then, with joined palms, ask the welcome.
Word by word
- ukta
- (ukta) told
- kramēṇa
- in the order
- dēvēśi
- O queen of the gods
- pradāya
- having given
- āsanam
- (āsanam) the seat
- uttamam
- excellent
- kṛta
- made
- añjali
- (añjali) with joined
- puṭaḥ
- (puṭaḥ) palms
- bhūtvā
- being
- svāgataṁ
- the welcome
- prārthayēt
- he should ask
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
Meaning
The commentary explains: uttering the two verses that follow, he addresses the deity by name, "O such-and-such god, you are welcome, truly welcome."
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Ukta" and the rest. O queen of the gods, having given the deity an excellent seat in the order told, then, with joined hands, uttering the two verses "devāḥ svābhīṣṭasiddhyartham" and the rest, he should with devotion ask the deity's welcome: "O such-and-such deity, you are welcome, truly welcome."