The Vaiśākha Bright-Twelfth Observance: Worship of Hari as Jāmadagnya and Its Fruits
तत्राराध्य हरिं भक्त्या एभिर्मन्त्रैर्विचक्षणः । जामदग्न्याय पादौ तु उदरं सर्वधारिणे । मधुसूदनायेति कटिमुरः श्रीवत्सधारिणे ॥ ४४.२ ॥
tatrārādhya hariṃ bhaktyā ebhir mantrair vicakṣaṇaḥ | jāmadagnyāya pādau tu udaraṃ sarvadhāriṇe | madhusūdanāyeti kaṭim uraḥ śrīvatsadhāriṇe || 44.2 ||
তাত বিচক্ষণ সাধকে এই মন্ত্ৰসমূহে ভক্তিৰে হৰিৰ আৰাধনা কৰিব—পদযুগলৰ বাবে ‘জামদগ্ন্যায়’, উদৰৰ বাবে ‘সৰ্বধাৰিণে’, আৰু কটি-উৰঃস্থলৰ বাবে ‘মধুসূদনায়’—শ্ৰীৱৎসধাৰী প্ৰভুক।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)
It documents a Purāṇic-style ritual sequence where divine epithets are applied to specific body-parts, reflecting the wider South Asian manuscript tradition of mantra-vidhi and devotional liturgy.
No specific geographic or pilgrimage location is named in this verse; it focuses on a liturgical procedure rather than sacred geography.
The verse emphasizes disciplined, competent practice (vicakṣaṇaḥ) and devotion (bhakti) as guiding principles for ritual engagement, presented as cultural-philosophical instruction rather than coercive doctrine.
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