षोड़शोपचाराः, उपचारप्रदानमन्त्राःThe sixteen offerings and their mantras
Verse 78
पाद्यार्घ्याचमनीयञ्च स्नानं वसनभूषणे । गन्धपुष्पे धूपदीपौ नैवेद्याचमने तथा ॥ ७८ ॥
pādyārghyācamanīyañca snānaṁ vasanabhūṣaṇē | gandhapuṣpē dhūpadīpau naivēdyācamanē tathā || 78 ||
Translation
Water for the feet, arghya, water for sipping, bath, garment and ornaments, scent and flower, incense and lamp, food and sipping again,
Word by word
- pādya
- water for the feet
- arghya
- arghya
- ācamanīya
- water for sipping
- ñca
- (ca) and
- snānaṁ
- bath
- vasana
- garment
- bhūṣaṇē
- and ornaments
- gandha
- scent
- puṣpē
- and flower
- dhūpa
- incense
- dīpau
- and lamp
- naivēdya
- food
- ācamanē
- and sipping
- tathā
- and
Meaning
The ṣoḍaśopacāra, the sixteen offerings due to an honoured guest, listed in verses 78 and 79.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He shows those sixteen offerings with "pādya…".