Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 39

Arcana-vidhi: The Method of Deity Worship

Vedic, Tantric, and Mixed

Devanagari script

तप्तजाम्बूनदप्रख्यं शङ्खचक्रगदाम्बुजै: । लसच्चतुर्भुजं शान्तं पद्मकिञ्जल्कवाससम् ॥ ३८ ॥ स्फुरत्किरीटकटककटिसूत्रवराङ्गदम् । श्रीवत्सवक्षसं भ्राजत्कौस्तुभं वनमालिनम् ॥ ३९ ॥ ध्यायन्नभ्यर्च्य दारूणि हविषाभिघृतानि च । प्रास्याज्यभागावाघारौ दत्त्वा चाज्यप्लुतं हवि: ॥ ४० ॥ जुहुयान्मूलमन्त्रेण षोडशर्चावदानत: । धर्मादिभ्यो यथान्यायं मन्त्रै: स्विष्टिकृतं बुध: ॥ ४१ ॥

Transliteration

tapta-jāmbūnada-prakhyaṁ śaṅkha-cakra-gadāmbujaiḥ lasac-catur-bhujaṁ śāntaṁ padma-kiñjalka-vāsasam

Translation

Qu’il médite Hari : son diadème, ses bracelets, sa ceinture et ses ornements de bras étincellent; sur sa poitrine se trouve le signe de Śrīvatsa, la gemme Kaustubha resplendit, et la guirlande de fleurs de la forêt (vanamālā) l’orne.

Synonyms

• tapta-jāmbūnada-prakhyam: resembling molten Jāmbūnada gold
• tapta-jāmbūnada-prakhyam: Karma (कर्म) (object of dhyāyan/abhyarcya—‘meditating on/worshipping’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tapta (कृदन्त, क्त; √tap धातु) + jāmbūnada (प्रातिपदिक) + prakhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; describing the deity/form; compound sense ‘resembling heated/refined jāmbūnada-gold’ (उपमान-तत्पुरुष)

• śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-ambujaiḥ: with conch, discus, mace, and lotus
• śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-ambujaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkha (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + gadā (प्रातिपदिक) + ambuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; copulative compound listing implements: ‘with conch, discus, mace, and lotus’

• lasat-catur-bhujam: shining, four-armed
• lasat-catur-bhujam: Karma (कर्म) (qualifier of the worshipped form)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lasat (कृदन्त; √las धातु, शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त) + catur (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; ‘shining, four-armed’ (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष sense: lasat + caturbhuja)

• śāntam: peaceful
• śāntam: Karma (कर्म) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śānta (कृदन्त; √śam धातु, क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; PPP ‘calmed/peaceful’

• padma-kiñjalka-vāsasam: wearing garments like lotus filaments
• padma-kiñjalka-vāsasam: Karma (कर्म) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + kiñjalka (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; ‘having garments like lotus-filaments/pollen’ (षष्ठी/उपमान-तत्पुरुष)