षोड़शोपचाराः, उपचारप्रदानमन्त्राःThe sixteen offerings and their mantras
Verse 84
धूपदीपौ च पुरतः संस्थाप्य प्रोक्षणादिभिः । निवेदयामि मन्त्रेण उत्सृज्य तदनन्तरम् ॥ ८४ ॥
dhūpadīpau ca purataḥ saṁsthāpya prōkṣaṇādibhiḥ | nivēdayāmi mantrēṇa utsṛjya tadanantaram || 84 ||
Translation
Setting incense and lamp before her and purifying them by sprinkling and the rest, with the mantra "nivedayāmi" releasing them, then after that,
Word by word
- dhūpa
- incense
- dīpau
- and lamp
- ca
- and
- purataḥ
- before her
- saṁsthāpya
- setting
- prōkṣaṇa
- sprinkling
- ādibhiḥ
- and the rest
- nivēdayāmi
- "nivedayāmi", I offer
- mantrēṇa
- with the mantra
- utsṛjya
- releasing
- tad
- (tat) that
- anantaram
- after
Meaning
Verses 84 to 86 describe the waving of incense and lamp.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Having set incense and lamp in front, before the Goddess, and purified them by sprinkling and the rest, and having offered them to the Goddess, releasing them, with the mantra "hrīṁ śrīṁ krīṁ parameśvari svāhā etau dhūpa-dīpāv ādyāyai kālyai nivedayāmi", then after that, having worshipped the bell with the mantra beginning "jayadhvani-mantramātaḥ svāhā" ("Mother of mantras, sound of victory, svāhā"), ringing that bell with the left hand, the wise practitioner, taking the incense with the right hand, should place, offer, it below the Goddess's nose; and the lamp he should wave ten times before the Goddess, from the feet up to the eyes. (This explanation covers verses 84 to 86.)