snana -- bathing; alankaranam -- and decorating with clothing and ornaments; preshtham -- is most appreciated; arcayam -- for the Deity form; eva -- certainly; tu -- and; uddhava -- O Uddhava; sthandile -- for the Deity drawn upon the ground; tattva-vinyasah -- establishing the expansions and potencies of the Lord within the various limbs of the Deity by chanting the respective mantras; vahnau -- for the sacrificial fire; ajya -- in ghee; plutam -- drenched; havih -- the oblations of sesame, barley and so on; surye -- for the sun; ca -- and; abhyarhanam -- the yoga meditation of twelve asanas and offerings of arghya; preshtham -- most dear; salile -- for the water; salila-adibhih -- by offerings of water and so on; sraddhaya -- with faith; upahritam -- presented; preshtham -- most dear; bhaktena -- by the devotee; mama -- My; vari -- water; api -- even.

In worshiping the temple Deity, my dear Uddhava, bathing and decoration are the most pleasing offerings. For the Deity traced on sacred ground, the process of tattva-vinyasa is most dear. Oblations of sesame and barley soaked in ghee are the preferred offering to the sacrificial fire, whereas worship consisting of upasthana and arghya is preferred for the sun. One should worship Me in the form of water by offering water itself. Actually, whatever is offered to Me with faith by My devotee -- even if only a little water -- is most dear to Me.