Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.41.44
तयोरासनमानीय पाद्यं चार्घ्यार्हणादिभि: ।
पूजां सानुगयोश्चक्रे स्रक्ताम्बूलानुलेपनै: ॥ ४४ ॥
tayor āsanam ānīya
[tayor aasanam aaneeya]
pādyaṁ cārghyārhaṇādibhiḥ
[paadyam chaarghyaarhanaadibhih]
pūjāṁ sānugayoś cakre
[poojaam saanugayosh chakre]
srak-tāmbūlānulepanaiḥ
[srak-taamboolaanulepanaih]
Word-for-word
tayoḥ
—
for Them
āsanam
—
seats
ānīya
—
bringing
pādyam
—
water to wash the feet
ca
—
and
arghya
—
with water to wash the hands
arhaṇa
—
presents
ādibhiḥ
—
and so on
pūjām
—
worship
sa - anugayoḥ
—
of the two, together with Their companions
cakre
—
he performed
srak
—
with garlands
tāmbūla
—
betel-nut preparation ( pān )
anulepanaiḥ
—
and sandalwood paste .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tayor āsanam ānīya
tayoḥ
for Them
āsanam
seats
ānīya
bringing
pādyaṁ cārghyārhaṇādibhiḥ
pādyam
water to wash the feet
ca
and
arghya
with water to wash the hands
arhaṇa
presents
ādibhiḥ
and so on
pūjāṁ sānugayoś cakre
pūjām
worship
sa - anugayoḥ
of the two, together with Their companions
cakre
he performed
srak-tāmbūlānulepanaiḥ
srak
with garlands
tāmbūla
betel-nut preparation ( pān )
anulepanaiḥ
and sandalwood paste .
Important Words
-
pādyam
—
water to wash the feet
Adjectival nominative — that which pertains to the feet. The first of the sixteen upacāras of pañcarātrika pūjā. Sudāmā, untrained in pūjā-protocol but trained by bhakti, performs the sequence by instinct. Bhakti supplies the ritual it has not been taught.
-
arghya
—
water to wash the hands
From √argh — to honor. The standard offering of welcome-water. Sudāmā's substances are humble — water, betel, sandalwood — but the upacāras themselves are full. Gauḍīyas: the dravya-grade is irrelevant when the bhāva-grade is full.
-
sa-anugayoḥ
—
of the two, together with Their companions
Compound genitive dual: sa (with) + anuga (follower) + dual. Sudāmā worships not just Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma but the sakhās. Gauḍīyas: the proper object of bhakti includes Bhagavān's parikara — His associates — not Him alone.
-
anulepanaiḥ
—
with sandalwood paste
Instrumental plural of anulepana — anointment. The cooling substance applied after bath. The same substance the Vraja gopīs use; Sudāmā unknowingly performs Vraja-style sevā in his Mathurā shop. The substance recognizes the body.
After offering Them seats and bathing Their feet, Sudāmā worshiped Them and Their companions with arghya, garlands, pān, sandalwood paste and other presentations.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
After offering Them seats and bathing Their feet, Sudāmā worshiped Them and Their companions with arghya, garlands, pān, sandalwood paste and other presentations.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
Arghya refers to a mixture of eight auspicious items fragrant oil, flowers, unbroken barleycorns, husked barleycorns, the tips of kuśa grass, sesame seeds, mustard seeds and dūrvā grass. Arahana refers to other items offered during worship such as incense, lamps and food. The word ādi indicates offering cāmara, fan and āratrika. Though he offered all these items, he offered worship again using garlands, betel nut and sandalwood.
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Personal Guidance
Sudāmā offers seats, bathes Their feet, worships them with arghya, garlands, pān, sandalwood paste and other presentations. Welcome of the Lord is multi-sensory: seat, water, garland, fragrance, refreshment, paste.
Reflection Questions
- How many of these sensory channels does your worship currently engage?
- Where could you upgrade hospitality from single-mode to multi-mode?
Analogy
The garland-maker brings out everything his small house contains — seats, foot-water, arghya, pān, sandalwood paste — and offers it not just to Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma but to all the cowherd boys around Them. Vraja's whole company is included in his pūjā because his bhāva is wide.
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