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Laghu Aradhanam by Sundar Kidambi of the Sri

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oṁ namo nārāyaṇāya divya annaṁ nivedayāmi | (for savory rice)<br />

Figure 4: Configuring grāsa mudrā with your right hand.<br />

and undo <strong>the</strong> grāsa mudrā configuration. Again configure <strong>the</strong><br />

grāsa mudrā and move from each item you wish to <strong>of</strong>fer <strong>the</strong><br />

Lord and recite <strong>the</strong> appropriate <strong>of</strong>fering mantra and undo <strong>the</strong><br />

grāsa mudrā configuration. For example,<br />

oṁ namo nārāyaṇāya sūpa vyañjanādikaṁ nivedayāmi | (for<br />

savory liquid)<br />

oṁ namo nārāyaṇāya pāyasa bhakṣaṇāni nivedayāmi | (for sweet<br />

rice)<br />

etc<br />

While you <strong>of</strong>fer <strong>the</strong> bhojya vastu, <strong>of</strong>fer a spoonful <strong>of</strong> water from<br />

<strong>the</strong> pānīya pātram (vessel no. 5) from time to time <strong>by</strong> reciting<br />

oṁ namo nārāyaṇāya pānīyaṁ samarpayāmi | (water while<br />

eating)<br />

After <strong>of</strong>fering all <strong>the</strong> bhojya vastu, recite<br />

oṁ namo nārāyaṇāya amṛtāpidhānamasi | (mantra to end eating)<br />

(Note that <strong>the</strong>re seems to be a mantra for beginning to eat<br />

missing, and also several feeding mantras)<br />

Now <strong>of</strong>fer a spoonful <strong>of</strong> water from sarvātha toya pātram (vessel<br />

no. 6) and recite<br />

oṁ namo nārāyaṇāya gaṇḍūṣaṁ samarpayāmi | (water for rinsing

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