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
at galt Ata mead fray aff |
waft: ays sal GEIFAaAT lve
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
maigd TAM eNZ Bala AaTY |
Taal arS aaagaq Nek
