Pañcopacāra (Five-Offering Puja)
Gandham samarpayaami | Pushpam samarpayaami
Dhoopam aaghraa-payaami | Deepam darshayaami
Naivedyam nivedayaami
Om raaja-upacharaan samarpayaami
Om aatma-nivedanam samarpayaami
गन्धं समर्पयामि। पुष्पं समर्पयामि।
धूपमाघ्रापयामि। दीपं दर्शयामि।
नैवेद्यं निवेदयामि।
ॐ राजोपचारान् समर्पयामि।
ॐ आत्मनिवेदनं समर्पयामि।
I offer fragrance (sandalwood/flower paste). I offer flowers. I offer incense. I show the lamp. I offer food (naivedya). I offer royal honours. I offer my very self.
samarpayāmi = I offer; gandham = fragrance; puṣpam = flower; dhūpam = incense; dīpam = lamp; naivedyam = food offering; rāja-upacarāḥ = royal honours (waving lamp, fan, etc.); ātma-nivedanam = self-surrender.
During the five-offering (panchopachara) or sixteen-offering (shodashopachara) puja sequence.
മികച്ച സമയം: During puja
Standard puja vidhi; all major Hindu ritual traditions
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