Laghu Aradhanam by Sundar Kidambi of the Sri
Laghu Aradhanam by Sundar Kidambi of the Sri
Laghu Aradhanam by Sundar Kidambi of the Sri
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māyāpure hṛdaya paṅkaja sanniviṣtam |<br />
śraddhānadī vimala citta jalābhiṣekaiḥ<br />
nityaṁ samādhi kusumaiḥ apunarbhavāya ||<br />
sauvarṇe sthālivarye maṇigaṇakhacite goghṛtāktān supakvān<br />
bhakṣān bhojyāṁś ca lehyān paramamatha haviścoṣyamannaṁ nidhāya |<br />
nānāśākairupetaṁ sadadhimadhughṛtaṁ kṣīrapānīyayuktaṁ<br />
tāmbūlaṁ cātmane'smai pratidivasam ahaṁ mānasaṁ kalpayāmi ||<br />
(These slokas mention <strong>the</strong> steps in mental worship)<br />
11. After completing <strong>the</strong> mānasikārādhanam, bāhyārādhanam<br />
(external worship) is performed. This is begun <strong>by</strong> reciting<br />
bhagavān puṇḍarīkākṣa hṛdyāgaṁ tu mayā kṛtam |<br />
ātma sātkuru deveśa bāhyais tvāṁ samyagarcaye ||<br />
12. Next pātra parikalpanam (arranging <strong>the</strong> vessels) is performed<br />
wherein <strong>the</strong> vessels are arranged in an order shown in <strong>the</strong> Figure<br />
1.<br />
Figure 1: Arrangement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> vessels.<br />
Sacred water is prepared <strong>by</strong> adding small quantities <strong>of</strong> tulasī,<br />
elaicī (cardamon), karpūram (food variety camphor) and kesarī<br />
(saffron) to <strong>the</strong> water in <strong>the</strong> pūrṇa kumbham (water pot) (vessel<br />
no. 1).<br />
13. Perform śoṣaṇaṁ (drying) dāhanaṁ (burning) plāvanaṁ<br />
(nectarising) to pūrṇa kumbham (see appendix). Now take a
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