त्रैलोक्यविजयकवचपाठफलम्The fruit of reciting the armour
Verse 77
अशक्ते साधके देवि जपपूजाहुतादिषु । पूजा संक्षेपतः कार्या पुरश्चरणमेव च ॥ ७७ ॥
aśaktē sādhakē dēvi japapūjāhutādiṣu | pūjā saṁkṣēpataḥ kāryā puraścaraṇamēva ca || 77 ||
Translation
For a practitioner unable to do the japa, worship, offerings and the rest, Devī, the worship may be done in brief, and the preparatory rite too.
Word by word
- aśaktē
- unable
- sādhakē
- for a practitioner
- dēvi
- Devī
- japa
- the japa
- pūjā
- worship; the worship
- huta
- offerings
- ādiṣu
- and the rest
- saṁkṣēpataḥ
- in brief
- kāryā
- may be done
- puraścaraṇam
- the preparatory rite
- ēva
- too
- ca
- and
Meaning
A concession that is typical of this Tantra's realism. Not everyone can manage the full course of recitation, worship and fire offerings. For such a person the worship may be shortened, and, as the commentary stresses, the preparatory rite also. The next verse gives the reason.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Puraścaraṇam eva ca: and the preparatory rite too is to be done in brief.