Manifestation of Katyayani — The Manifestation of Katyayani (Durga) and the Humbling of the Vindhya by Agastya
गन्धर्वराजो रजतानुलिप्तं पानस्य पूर्णं सदृशं च भाजनम् भुजङ्गहारं भुजगेश्वरो ऽपि अम्लानपुष्पामृतवः स्रजं च
gandharvarājo rajatānuliptaṃ pānasya pūrṇaṃ sadṛśaṃ ca bhājanam bhujaṅgahāraṃ bhujageśvaro 'pi amlānapuṣpāmṛtavaḥ srajaṃ ca
गन्धर्वराजो रजतानुलिप्तं पानाय योग्यं पूर्णं च भाजनं ददौ। भुजगेश्वरोऽपि भुजङ्गहारं, अमृतवृक्षसम्भूताम्लानपुष्पस्रजं च प्रादात्।
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The verse models ‘bhakti as service’ (sevā): offerings are not abstract but concrete upacāras (vessels, garlands), implying that reverence is expressed through careful, fitting actions (sadṛśa) and purity/beauty.
This is narrative-ritual description embedded in carita material (not a cosmological lakṣaṇa); it supports dharma through exemplifying deity-honoring conduct.
Silver (rajata) suggests cooling, lunar purity; the Nāga-garland evokes mastery over fear/poison and the transmutation of danger into ornament; the unfading-flower garland from an ‘amṛta-bearing’ source signals immortality and the timelessness of divine auspiciousness.