Māsopavāsa (Month-long Fast) and Repeated Parāka Observances: Procedure and Fruits
ततः संस्नापयेद्विष्णुं पूर्ववत्प्रयतोऽर्चयेत् । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेच्छक्त्या भक्तियुक्तः सदक्षिणम् ॥ ११ ॥
tataḥ saṃsnāpayedviṣṇuṃ pūrvavatprayato'rcayet | brāhmaṇānbhojayecchaktyā bhaktiyuktaḥ sadakṣiṇam || 11 ||
Sau đó, nên tắm rửa cho Thần Viṣṇu (tượng thờ), và với tâm nghiêm cẩn, thờ phụng Ngài đúng như đã chỉ dạy trước. Với lòng bhakti, hãy cúng dường trai phạn cho các bà-la-môn tùy theo khả năng, kèm theo dakṣiṇā (tịnh tài) xứng đáng.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It frames Viṣṇu-pūjā as complete only when inner devotion is joined with disciplined ritual—bathing and worship of the deity—followed by compassionate service to brāhmaṇas through भोजन (feeding) and dakṣiṇā.
Bhakti here is not merely emotion; it is expressed through careful worship (arcana) and humble giving (dakṣiṇā) according to one’s means, making devotion practical, ethical, and socially sustaining.
Ritual application aligned with Kalpa (procedural discipline of worship): performing deity-snana, arcana “as prescribed,” and concluding with appropriate hospitality and gifting, all according to capacity (śaktyā).