Shloka 82

Agastya Arghya Rite and the Gaurī & Sārasvata Vows

with Origin Narratives and Merit Statements

Devanagari script

कुसुमैरक्षताद्भिर्वा नमस्कारेण विन्यसेत् । गीतमंगलघोषं च कारयित्वा सुवासिनीम्

Transliteration

kusumairakṣatādbhirvā namaskāreṇa vinyaset | gītamaṃgalaghoṣaṃ ca kārayitvā suvāsinīm

Translation

Hendaklah menyusun persembahan dengan bunga dan akṣata (beras yang utuh), atau dengan sekadar menunduk sembah; lalu menyuruh seorang suvāsinī (wanita bersuami) melagukan nyanyian serta laungan keberkatan, kemudian meneruskan upacara.

Word by Word

• कुसुमैः: with flowers
• कुसुमैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental); बहुवचन

• अक्षत-अद्भिः: with unbroken rice and water
• अक्षत-अद्भिः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षत (प्रातिपदिक) + अद्/अद्भिस् (प्रातिपदिक: अद् ‘water’)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास (copulative): अक्षतैः च अद्भिः च; तृतीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (or)

• नमस्कारेण: with salutation
• नमस्कारेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental); एकवचन

• विन्यसेत्: should place
• विन्यसेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+नि+न्यस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गीत-मंगल-घोषम्: auspicious singing and proclamation
• गीत-मंगल-घोषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक) + मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + घोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (determinative) ‘गीतं च मङ्गलं च घोषः’/‘मङ्गलस्य घोषः’; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• कारयित्वा: having caused (it) to be done
• कारयित्वा: Kriyā (अनुषङ्गिक क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त causative (कारय-); क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having caused to be done’

• सुवासिनीम्: a well-adorned (married/auspicious) woman
• सुवासिनीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु+वासिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (su-vāsinī = well-dressed/auspiciously attired woman); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed to attribute to a dialogue pair such as Pulastya–Bhīṣma or Śiva–Pārvatī).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: कुसुमैः+अक्षताद्भिः → कुसुमैरक्षताद्भिः; अक्षत+अद्भिः → अक्षताद्भिः; गीत+मंगल+घोषम् → गीतमंगलघोषम्

FAQs

What ritual practice is described in this verse?

It outlines an auspicious worship procedure: offering/arranging with flowers and akṣata (unbroken rice), making reverential obeisance, and having a suvāsinī (auspicious married woman) perform auspicious songs and proclamations.

Why are akṣata and flowers mentioned together?

Akṣata (unbroken rice) and flowers are common markers of auspiciousness and completeness in pūjā, used to honor the deity and sanctify the rite.

What is the ethical or devotional emphasis of this verse?

It emphasizes reverence and auspicious conduct—devotion expressed through respectful salutations, pure offerings, and spiritually uplifting, community-centered celebration (maṅgala songs and proclamations).