शुचि: सम्मुखमासीन: प्राणसंयमनादिभि: । पिण्डं विशोध्य सन्न्यासकृतरक्षोऽर्चयेद्धरिम् ॥ ४९ ॥
śuciḥ sammukham āsīnaḥ prāṇa-saṁyamanādibhiḥ piṇḍaṁ viśodhya sannyāsa- kṛta-rakṣo ’rcayed dharim
- śuciḥ
- clean
- sammukham
- facing (the Deity)
- āsīnaḥ
- thus seated
- prāṇa-saṁyamana-ādibhiḥ
- by prāṇāyāma (breathing exercises) and other means
- piṇḍam
- the gross body
- viśodhya
- purifying
- sannyāsa
- by placing transcendental marks of tilaka on various places of the body
- kṛta-rakṣaḥ
- in this way invoking the Lord’s protection
- arcayet
- one should worship
- harim
- Lord Hari
After cleansing oneself, purifying the body by prāṇāyāma, bhūta-śuddhi and other processes, and marking the body with sacred tilaka for protection, one should sit in front of the Deity and worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.