उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering
Verse 239
इत्थमर्चितदेवाय दत्त्वा पुष्पाञ्जलित्रयम् । साच्छादनं गृहं प्रोक्ष्य पठेदेनं कृताञ्जलिः ॥ २३९ ॥
itthamarcitadēvāya dattvā puṣpāñjalitrayam | sācchādanaṁ gṛhaṁ prōkṣya paṭhēdēnaṁ kṛtāñjaliḥ || 239 ||
Translation
Having given three handfuls of flowers to the deity worshipped in this way, and sprinkled the house with its canopy, he should recite this with joined palms:
Word by word
- ittham
- in this way
- arcita
- worshipped
- dēvāya
- to the deity
- dattvā
- having given
- puṣpa
- of flowers
- añjali
- (añjali) handfuls
- trayam
- three
- sācchādanaṁ
- with its canopy
- gṛhaṁ
- the house
- prōkṣya
- sprinkling
- paṭhēt
- he should recite
- ēnaṁ
- this
- kṛtāñjaliḥ
- (kṛtāñjaliḥ) with joined palms
Meaning
Verses 240-243 address the temple itself.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 236.