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
گندھروؤں کے راجا نے چاندی سے ملمّع، پینے کے لائق، بھرا ہوا برتن دیا۔ اور ناگوں کے سردار نے بھی سانپوں کا ہار اور امرت کے درخت سے بنی، نہ مُرجھانے والے پھولوں کی مالا پیش کی۔
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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.