ततः कृताञ्जलिर्भूत्वा स्तुवीत चरितैरिमैः। एकेन वा मध्यमेन नैकेनेतरयोरिह ॥ ३२ ॥
tataḥ kṛtāñjalirbhūtvā stuvīta caritairimaiḥ | ēkēna vā madhyamēna naikēnētarayōriha || 32 ||
Translation
Then, with joined palms, one should praise her with these three parts of the story; or with one alone, the middle one, but not with either of the other two alone.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- kṛtāñjaliḥ
- with joined palms
- bhūtvā
- being
- stuvīta
- should praise
- caritaiḥ
- with the parts of the story
- imaiḥ
- these
- ēkēna vā
- or with one
- madhyamēna
- the middle
- na ēkēna
- not with one
- itarayōḥ
- of the other two
- iha
- here
Meaning
The rule for reciting the Saptaśatī within this worship: all three parts, or the middle part (chapters 2 to 4) alone, but never the first or the last alone.