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The Payo-vrata Process of Worship
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should circumambulate the Lord and finally, with great delight and satisfaction, offer obeisances, falling straight like a rod [daṇḍavat].
TEXT 43
कृत्वा शिरसि तच्छेषां देवमुद्रासयेत् ततः । द्वयवरान्भोजयेद् विप्रान्पायसेन यथोचितम् ॥४३॥
kṛtvā śirasi tac-cheṣāṁ devam udvāsayet tataḥ dvy-avarān bhojayed viprān pāyasena yathocitam
kṛtvā —taking;  śirasi —on the head;  tat-śeṣām —all the remnants (the water and flowers offered to the Deity);  devam —unto the Deity;  udvāsayet —should be thrown into a sacred place;  tataḥ —thereafter;  dvi-avarān —a minimum of two;  bhojayet —should feed;  viprān —brāhmaṇas;  pāyasena —with sweet rice;  yathā-ucitam —as each deserves.
TRANSLATION
After touching to one's head all the flowers and water offered to the Deity, one should throw them into a sacred place. Then one should feed at least two brāhmaṇas with sweet rice.
TEXTS 44-45
भुञ्जीत तैरनुज्ञातः सेष्टः शेषं समाजितैः । ब्रह्मचार्यथ तद्राभ्यां श्वोभूते प्रथमेऽहनि ॥४४॥ स्नातः शुचिर्यथोक्तेन विधिना सुसमाहितः । पयसा स्नापयित्वाचेंद् यावद्वतसमापनम् ॥४५॥
bhuñjīta tair anujñātaḥ seṣṭaḥ śeṣaṁ sabhājitaiḥ brahmacāry atha tad-rātryāṁ śvo bhūte prathame 'hani