परिवेशनप्रकारःHow it is served
Verse 189
महाप्रसादमानीय पात्रेषु परिवेशयेत् । स्वयं वा भ्रातृपुत्रैर्वा ज्येष्ठानुक्रमतः सुधीः ॥ १८९ ॥
mahāprasādamānīya pātrēṣu parivēśayēt | svayaṁ vā bhrātṛputrairvā jyēṣṭhānukramataḥ sudhīḥ || 189 ||
Translation
bringing the mahāprasāda, the wise one should serve it into the vessels, himself or by his brother's sons, in order of seniority.
Word by word
- mahā
- great
- prasādam
- prasāda
- ānīya
- bringing
- pātrēṣu
- into the vessels
- parivēśayēt
- should serve
- svayaṁ
- himself
- vā
- or
- bhrātṛ
- brother's
- putrair
- (putraiḥ) sons
- jyēṣṭha
- seniority
- anukramataḥ
- in order of
- sudhīḥ
- the wise one
Meaning
Mahāprasāda is the food and drink offered to the Goddess. Seniority, the commentary notes, is counted from consecration (abhiṣeka), not from birth.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 187.