षोड़शोपचाराः, उपचारप्रदानमन्त्राःThe sixteen offerings and their mantras
Verse 83
मध्यमानामिकाभ्याञ्च गन्धन्दद्याद्धृदम्बुजे । नमोऽन्तेन च मन्त्रेण वौषडन्तेन पुष्पकम् ॥ ८३ ॥
madhyamānāmikābhyāñca gandhandadyāddhṛdambujē | namō’ntēna ca mantrēṇa vauṣaḍantēna puṣpakam || 83 ||
Translation
With the middle and ring fingers he should give scent on her heart-lotus, with the mantra ending in namaḥ; the flower with one ending in vauṣaṭ.
Word by word
- madhyamā
- middle finger
- anāmikābhyā
- (anāmikābhyām) and ring finger
- ñca
- (ca) and
- gandhan
- (gandham) scent
- dadyād
- (dadyāt) should give
- hṛd
- (hṛt) heart
- ambujē
- on the lotus
- namō
- (namaḥ) namaḥ
- antēna
- ending in
- ca
- and
- mantrēṇa
- with the mantra
- vauṣaḍ
- (vauṣaṭ) vauṣaṭ
- puṣpakam
- the flower
Meaning
… eṣa gandha ādyāyai kālyai namaḥ; … idaṁ puṣpam ādyāyai kālyai vauṣaṭ.

Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Ending in namaḥ": with the mantra "hrīṁ śrīṁ krīṁ parameśvari svāhā eṣa gandha ādyāyai kālyai namaḥ" he should give scent on the Goddess's heart-lotus with the middle and ring fingers. "Ending in vauṣaṭ": with the mantra "hrīṁ śrīṁ krīṁ parameśvari svāhedaṁ puṣpam ādyāyai kālyai vauṣaṭ" he should give the Goddess a flower.