Shloka 40
The Discourse of Rukmāṅgada
Prabodhinī Ekādaśī, Kārtika-vrata, and Satya-dharma
वस्त्रैः पुष्पैर्धूपदीपैर्वरचंदनकुंकुमैः । सुहृद्यैश्च फलैर्गंधैर्यजध्वं श्रीहरेः पदम् ॥ ४० ॥
vastraiḥ puṣpairdhūpadīpairvaracaṃdanakuṃkumaiḥ | suhṛdyaiśca phalairgaṃdhairyajadhvaṃ śrīhareḥ padam || 40 ||
With garments, flowers, incense and lamps, with excellent sandalwood and kuṅkuma, and with pleasing fruits and fragrances—worship the sacred abode, the feet of Śrī Hari.
Narada (teaching devotional worship in the Uttara-Bhaga context; traditional dialogue flow: Narada instructing, aligned with Sanatkumara discourse framework)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that devotion becomes tangible through upacāras (ritual offerings): external purity and beauty—cloth, flowers, fragrance, light—are directed toward Śrī Hari’s pāda (feet/abode), the supreme refuge.
Bhakti is expressed as loving service: offering what is pure, auspicious, and pleasing (suhṛd—done with goodwill) to Vishnu, making worship both heartfelt and disciplined.
It reflects Kalpa (ritual procedure) in practice—standard pūjā upacāras like dhūpa-dīpa, gandha, puṣpa, and naivedya (fruits) used to structure devotional worship.