भगवतीपूजनम्The worship of the Goddess
Verse 307
प्रायश्चित्तादिभिः शेषं कर्म सम्पादयन् सुधीः । भोजयेत् साधकान् विप्रान् दीनानाथांश्च तोषयेत् ॥ ३०७ ॥
prāyaścittādibhiḥ śēṣaṁ karma sampādayan sudhīḥ | bhōjayēt sādhakān viprān dīnānāthāṁśca tōṣayēt || 307 ||
Translation
Completing the rest of the rite with the expiation and the rest, the wise man should feed sādhakas and brāhmaṇas and satisfy the poor and the helpless.
Word by word
- prāyaścitta
- the expiation
- ādibhiḥ
- (ādibhiḥ) and the rest
- śēṣaṁ
- the rest
- karma
- of the rite
- sampādayan
- completing
- sudhīḥ
- (sudhīḥ) the wise man
- bhōjayēt
- should feed
- sādhakān
- sādhakas
- viprān
- brāhmaṇas
- dīna
- the poor
- anāthāṁ
- (anāthān) and the helpless
- ca
- and
- tōṣayēt
- should satisfy
Meaning
The prāyaścitta, a closing expiation, atones for any fault in the rite.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 304.