Shloka 21
लड्डुकाश्च प्रदातव्या एतानुद्दिश्य वाडवे । एतेन चैव कृत्येन सिद्धिमाञ्जायते नरः ॥ २१ ॥
laḍḍukāśca pradātavyā etānuddiśya vāḍave | etena caiva kṛtyena siddhimāñjāyate naraḥ || 21 ||
พึงถวายลัดดูโดยอุทิศแด่วาฑวาอัคนี; ด้วยพิธีนี้เอง บุคคลย่อมบรรลุสิทธิ (ความสำเร็จทางจิตวิญญาณ)
Narada (teaching within a tirtha-mahātmya/ritual instruction context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that a simple, correctly dedicated offering (uddiśya) made according to dharma—here, laddus offered to Vaḍava Agni—becomes a means of siddhi (spiritual accomplishment) through disciplined ritual action.
Bhakti is expressed through sincere, intentional offering: dedicating food (naivedya-like dana) to a sacred cosmic power with reverence. The verse emphasizes inner intention (uddiśya) joined to outward worship as a devotional act.
Ritual application aligned with Kalpa (procedural discipline of rites): specifying what is to be offered (laddus), the dedicatory intention (uddiśya), and the intended deity/cosmic principle (Vaḍava Agni) to obtain a stated result (siddhi).