पूजाबाधे कर्त्तव्यम्What to do when worship lapses
Verse 95
श्रीदेव्युवाच । यद्यकस्माद्देवतानां पूजाबाधा भवेद्विभो । विधेयं तत्र किं भक्तैस्तन्मे कथय तत्त्वतः ॥ ९५ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca | yadyakasmāddēvatānāṁ pūjābādhā bhavēdvibhō | vidhēyaṁ tatra kiṁ bhaktaistanmē kathaya tattvataḥ || 95 ||
Translation
Śrī Devī said: If the worship of the gods should by chance be interrupted, Lord, what should devotees do then? Tell me this truly.
Word by word
- yadi
- (yadi) if
- akasmād
- (akasmāt) by chance
- dēvatānāṁ
- of the gods
- pūjā
- of the worship
- bādhā
- an interruption
- bhavēd
- (bhavet) should be
- vibhō
- Lord
- vidhēyaṁ
- to be done
- tatra
- then
- kiṁ
- what
- bhaktais
- (bhaktaiḥ) by devotees
- tan
- (tat) that
- mē
- to me
- kathaya
- tell
- tattvataḥ
- truly
Meaning
A new question, and a very practical one, which comes up for anyone who has installed a deity: what if the worship fails? "Tatra" the commentary explains as "when the worship is interrupted".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Śrī Devī said "yadi" and the rest. Tatra: when there is an interruption of the worship (verses 95 and 96).