Procedure for the Guḍa-dhenū (Jaggery-Cow) Gift; Ten Dhenu-dānas; Yearlong Gaṅgā Worship and Darśana
एतद्विधानं च मयोदितं ते पृष्टं हि सर्वं गुडधेनुपूर्वम् । गंगार्चनं मुक्तिकरं व्रतं त्त सांवत्सरं श्रीपतितुष्टिदं हि ॥ ४४ ॥
etadvidhānaṃ ca mayoditaṃ te pṛṣṭaṃ hi sarvaṃ guḍadhenupūrvam | gaṃgārcanaṃ muktikaraṃ vrataṃ tta sāṃvatsaraṃ śrīpatituṣṭidaṃ hi || 44 ||
جیسا تم نے پوچھا تھا، گُڑ-دھینو کے نذرانے سے آغاز کر کے یہ سارا طریقہ میں نے تمہیں بیان کر دیا۔ گنگا کی ارچنا کا یہ ورت موکش دینے والا ہے؛ اسے پورا ایک سال کرنا چاہیے، اور یہ یقیناً شری پتی (وشنو) کو خوش کرتا ہے۔
Narada
Vrata: Gaṅgā-arcana-vrata (sāṃvatsara)
Primary Rasa: bhakti (devotion)
Secondary Rasa: shanta (peace)
It summarizes the promised fruit of the practice: a complete, year-long Gaṅgā-arcana vrata—initiated with the guḍa-dhenu offering—is declared to be muktikara (liberation-giving) and especially pleasing to Śrīpati (Viṣṇu).
Bhakti is expressed through disciplined, sustained worship (arcana) of a sacred tīrtha (Gaṅgā) with the explicit intention of pleasing Viṣṇu; the verse links devotional observance and divine satisfaction (tuṣṭi) with the highest goal, mokṣa.
The verse emphasizes ritual procedure and vow-dharma—how a vrata is structured (vidhāna), its sequence (beginning with dāna like guḍa-dhenu), and its duration (sāṃvatsara). This aligns most closely with Kalpa/ritual discipline rather than technical Vedāṅgas like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa.