भगवतीपूजनम्The worship of the Goddess
Verse 302
विधिवत् संस्कृते वह्नावर्चितेभ्योऽर्पिताहुतिः । आवाह्य देवीं सम्पूज्य जातकर्माणि साधयेत् ॥ ३०२ ॥
vidhivat saṁskṛtē vahnāvarcitēbhyō’rpitāhutiḥ | āvāhya dēvīṁ sampūjya jātakarmāṇi sādhayēt || 302 ||
Translation
Having offered oblations to those worshipped in the fire duly prepared, and invoked and worshipped the Devī, he should perform her birth rites.
Word by word
- vidhivat
- duly
- saṁskṛtē
- prepared
- vahnau
- (vahnau) in the fire
- arcitēbhyaḥ
- (arcitebhyaḥ) to those worshipped
- arpita
- offered
- āhutiḥ
- (āhutiḥ) having oblations
- āvāhya
- having invoked
- dēvīṁ
- the Devī
- sampūjya
- and worshipped
- jāta
- birth
- karmāṇi
- rites
- sādhayēt
- he should perform
Meaning
The installed goddess receives the saṁskāras, the life-cycle rites of a child, as if newly born.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 299.