सुधापाननियमःThe rule of drinking
Verse 190
पानपात्रे सुधा देया शौद्ध्ये शुद्ध्यादिकानि च । ततः सामयिकैः सार्द्धं पानभोजनमाचरेत् ॥ १९० ॥
pānapātrē sudhā dēyā śauddhyē śuddhyādikāni ca | tataḥ sāmayikaiḥ sārddhaṁ pānabhōjanamācarēt || 190 ||
Translation
In the drinking vessel sudhā is to be given, in the vessel of śuddhi the śuddhi and the rest; then he should drink and eat together with those present.
Word by word
- pāna
- drinking
- pātrē
- in the vessel
- sudhā
- sudhā (wine)
- dēyā
- to be given
- śauddhyē
- in the vessel of śuddhi
- śuddhy
- (śuddhi) śuddhi
- ādikāni
- and the rest
- ca
- and
- tataḥ
- then
- sāmayikaiḥ
- with those present
- sārddhaṁ
- together
- bhōjanam
- and eating
- ācarēt
- should do
Meaning
Sāmayikas are those gathered for the worship, the commentary says. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
In the drinking vessel sudhā, wine, is to be given; in the śauddhya, the vessel of śuddhi, the śuddhi and the rest, meat, fish and the like, are to be given. After that he should take drink and food together with the sāmayikas, the people who have come at the time of the Goddess's worship.