Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
त्रैलोक्यविजयायेति बाहू सर्वात्मने शिरः । रथाङ्गधारिणे चक्रं शंकरायेति वारिजम् ॥ ३९.४१ ॥
trailokyavijayāyeti bāhū sarvātmane śiraḥ | rathāṅgadhāriṇe cakraṃ śaṅkarāyeti vārijam || 39.41 ||
‘త్రైలోక్యవిజయాయ’ అని భుజాలను అర్పించాలి; ‘సర్వాత్మనే’ అని శిరస్సును. ‘రథాంగధారిణే’ అని చక్రాన్ని, మరియు ‘శంకరాయ’ అని వారిజం (పద్మం) అర్పించాలి.
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
It preserves a stotra-like sequence of offering-formulas that reflect Purāṇic devotional and iconographic vocabulary, useful for tracing how epithets and emblem-offerings were standardized in medieval Sanskrit religious literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is on epithets and symbolic offerings (arms, head, discus, lotus).
The verse primarily conveys a disciplined ritual-philosophical posture of dedicating one’s faculties and symbolic objects through formalized epithets, emphasizing ordered self-offering rather than a direct moral injunction.
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