Sacred Texts
Vaikṛtika Rahasya cover

॥ श्री ॥rahasya

Vaikṛtika Rahasya, Verse 29

Ṛṣi Medhas

Verses
39
Minutes
15
Level
advanced

Verse 29

Verse 29

सकर्पूरैश्च ताम्बूलैर्भक्तिभावसमन्वितैः। वामभागेऽग्रतो देव्याश्छिन्नशीर्षं महासुरम् ॥ २९ ॥

sakarpūraiśca tāmbūlairbhaktibhāvasamanvitaiḥ | vāmabhāgē’gratō dēvyāśchinnaśīrṣaṁ mahāsuram || 29 ||

Translation

and with betel and camphor, offered with a devoted heart. On the left, in front of the Goddess, one should worship the great asura with his head severed,

Word by word

sakarpūraiḥ
with camphor
ca
and
tāmbūlaiḥ
with betel
bhaktibhāvasamanvitaiḥ
offered with a devoted heart
vāmabhāgē
on the left
agrataḥ
in front
dēvyāḥ
of the Goddess
chinnaśīrṣam
with his head severed
mahāsuram
the great asura

Meaning

Even the demon is worshipped, for reasons the next verse gives.