Shloka 15

Adhyaya 79 — Bhakti-Mahima and Linga-Archana-Vidhi

Condensed Ritual Sequence

Devanagari script

रोचनाद्यैश् च सम्पूज्य दिव्यपुष्पैश् च पूजयेत् बिल्वपत्रैरखण्डैश् च पद्मैर्नानाविधैस् तथा

Transliteration

rocanādyaiś ca sampūjya divyapuṣpaiś ca pūjayet bilvapatrairakhaṇḍaiś ca padmairnānāvidhais tathā

Translation

Après l’avoir honoré comme il se doit avec la rocanā et d’autres onguents sacrés, qu’on l’adore avec des fleurs célestes; qu’on offre aussi des feuilles de bilva intactes et des lotus de maintes sortes—accomplissant le service floral envers Pati, le Seigneur qui délie le pāśa (lien) du paśu (l’âme).

Word by Word

• रोचना-आद्यैः: with rocanā (yellow pigment) and similar (unguents/substances)

• च: and

• सम्पूज्य: having fully worshipped/honoured

• दिव्य-पुष्पैः: with divine/celestial flowers

• च: and

• पूजयेत्: one should worship

• बिल्व-पत्रैः: with bilva leaves

• अखण्डैः: unbroken/undamaged

• च: and

• पद्मैः: with lotuses

• नाना-विधैः: of many kinds/varieties

• तथा: likewise/thus

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Linga-puja procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)