pādyopasparśārhaṇādīn

upacārān prakalpayet

dharmādibhiś ca navabhiḥ

kalpayitvāsanaḿ mama

padmam aṣṭa-dalaḿ tatra

karṇikā-kesarojjvalam

ubhābhyāḿ veda-tantrābhyāḿ

mahyaḿ tūbhaya-siddhaye

padya -- water for washing the Lord's feet; upasparsa -- water for washing the Lord's mouth; arhana -- water presented as arghya; adin -- and other paraphernalia; upacaran -- the offerings; prakalpayet -- one should make; dharma-adibhih -- with the personifications of religion, knowledge, renunciation and opulence; ca -- and; navabhih -- with the nine (energies of the Lord); kalpayitva -- having imagined; asanam -- the seat; mama -- My; padmam -- a lotus; ashta-dalam -- having eight petals; tatra -- therein; karnika -- in the whorl; kesara -- with saffron filaments; ujjvalam -- effulgent; ubhabhyam -- by both means; veda-tantrabhyam -- of the Vedas and tantras; mahyam -- to Me; tu -- and; ubhaya -- of both (enjoyment and liberation); siddhaye -- for the achievement.


Texto

The worshiper should first imagine My seat as decorated with the personified deities of religion, knowledge, renunciation and opulence and with My nine spiritual energies. He should think of the Lord's sitting place as an eight-petaled lotus, effulgent on account of the saffron filaments within its whorl. Then, following the regulations of both the Vedas and the tantras, he should offer Me water for washing the feet, water for washing the mouth, arghya and other items of worship. By this process he achieves both material enjoyment and liberation.

Significado

According to Srila Sridhara Svami, religion, knowledge, renunciation and opulence are the legs of the Lord's sitting platform and occupy the four corners, beginning with the southeast. Irreligion, ignorance, attachment and wretchedness are the intermediate legs, standing in the four directions beginning with the east. The nine saktis, or potencies, of the Lord are Vimala, Utkarshini, Jnana, Kriya, Yoga, Prahvi, Satya, Isana and Anugraha.