यथा तवार्च्चनाद्ध्यानात् पूजनाज्जपनात् प्रिये । भवन्ति तुष्टाः सुन्दर्यस्तथा जानीहि सुव्रते ॥ ४९ ॥
yathā tavārccanāddhyānāt pūjanājjapanāt priyē | bhavanti tuṣṭāḥ sundaryastathā jānīhi suvratē || 49 ||
Translation
As the goddesses are pleased when you are honoured, meditated on, worshipped and invoked in japa, beloved, know that it is the same with him, O you of good vows.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- tavārccanāddhyānāt
- by honouring you, by meditation
- pūjanājjapanāt
- by worship, by japa
- priyē
- O beloved
- bhavanti
- become
- tuṣṭāḥ
- pleased
- sundaryastathā
- the beautiful ones (the goddesses); so
- jānīhi
- know
- suvratē
- O you of good vows
Meaning
Pūjana is glossed as mental worship. The Goddess's own worship is the parallel: what reaches the source reaches all her forms.