Text 41] The Payo-vrata Process of Worship 245

milk and dress Him with proper garments, a sacred thread, and or-
naments. After offering water to wash the Lord’s feet, one should
again worship the Lord with fragrant flowers, incense and other
paraphernalia.

PURPORT

The dvd@dasaksara-mantra is orn namo bhagavate vasudevaya. While
worshiping the Deity, one should ring a bell with his left hand and offer
padya, arghya, vastra, gandha, mala, abharana, bhisana and so on. In
this way, one should bathe the Lord with milk, dress Him and again wor-

ship Him with all paraphernalia.

TEXT 40
aq ate dtd aera faa ala |
aaft: age sat Tearqetaaa voll

Srtam payasi naivedyam
saly-annam vibhave sati

sasarpih sagudam dattva
Juhuyan mila-vidyaya

$rtam—cooked; payasi—in milk; naivedyam—offering to the Deity;
Sali-annam—fine rice; vibhave—if available; sati—in this way; sa-
sarpih—with ghee (clarified butter); sa-gudam—with molasses; dat-
tva—offering Him; juhuyat—should offer oblations in the fire; miila-
vidyaya—with chanting of the same dvddasaksara-mantra.

TRANSLATION

If one can afford to, one should offer the Deity fine rice boiled
in milk with clarified butter and molasses. While chanting the
same original mantra, one should offer all this to the fire.

TEXT 41

mated eam aNz Yala aay |
Taal IPS aagaq esl
