प्रसादभोजने उच्छिष्टविचारो नास्तिNo question of leavings in eating the prasāda
Verse 199
एवमेव विधानेन कुर्यात् पानञ्च भोजनम् । हस्तप्रक्षालनं नास्ति तव नैवेद्यसेवने । लेपावनोदनं कुर्याद्वस्त्रेण पाथसाऽपि वा ॥ १९९ ॥
ēvamēva vidhānēna kuryāt pānañca bhōjanam | hastaprakṣālanaṁ nāsti tava naivēdyasēvanē | lēpāvanōdanaṁ kuryādvastrēṇa pāthasā’pi vā || 199 ||
Translation
By this very rule he should drink and eat. There is no washing of hands in partaking of your offering; he may wipe off what clings with a cloth or water.
Word by word
- ēvam
- so
- ēva
- very
- vidhānēna
- by the rule
- kuryāt
- should do
- pāna
- drinking
- ñca
- (ca) and
- bhōjanam
- eating
- hasta
- hands
- prakṣālanaṁ
- washing
- nāsti
- there is not
- tava
- your
- naivēdya
- offering
- sēvanē
- in partaking
- lēpa
- what clings
- avanōdanaṁ
- removing
- kuryād
- (kuryāt) may do
- vastrēṇa
- with a cloth
- pāthasā
- with water
- api
- also
- vā
- or
Meaning
The prasāda is not "leavings": the usual rules of impurity do not apply.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Lepāvanodanam: removing what clings to the hand.