बलिप्रदानं होमञ्च चक्रानुष्ठानमेव च । महाप्रसादस्वीकारं पार्वती हृष्टमानसा । विनयावनता देवी प्रोवाच शङ्करं प्रति ॥ ३ ॥
balipradānaṁ hōmañca cakrānuṣṭhānamēva ca | mahāprasādasvīkāraṁ pārvatī hṛṣṭamānasā | vinayāvanatā dēvī prōvāca śaṅkaraṁ prati || 3 ||
Translation
the giving of bali, the homa and the rite of the circle, and the receiving of the great prasāda: then Pārvatī, glad at heart, the Goddess, bowed in humility, spoke to Śaṅkara.
Word by word
- bali
- of bali
- pradānaṁ
- the giving
- hōmañ
- (homam) the homa
- ca
- and
- cakra
- of the circle
- anuṣṭhānam
- the rite
- ēva
- also
- mahā
- great
- prasāda
- of the prasāda
- svīkāraṁ
- the receiving
- pārvatī
- Pārvatī
- hṛṣṭa
- glad
- mānasā
- at heart
- vinaya
- in humility
- avanatā
- bowed
- dēvī
- the Goddess
- prōvāca
- spoke
- śaṅkaraṁ
- Śaṅkara
- prati
- to
Meaning
The last items of the recollection are the offering (bali), the fire rite (homa), the rite of the circle (cakra), the gathering of practitioners, and the "great prasāda", the consecrated food and drink shared at the end, all taught in ullāsa 6. Having heard all this, Pārvatī is "glad at heart" (hṛṣṭa-mānasā) and "bowed with humility" (vinaya-avanatā). The posture matters in a dialogue that is itself a teaching: the Goddess, who is in this Tantra the supreme Prakṛti, plays the part of the ideal student, grateful and asking for more.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 1.