प्रणम्य दण्डवद्भूमावुपतस्थेऽर्हणाञ्जलि: । वृषहंससुपर्णस्थान् स्वै: स्वैश्चिह्नैश्च चिह्नितान् ॥ २४ ॥
pranamya dandavad bhumav upatasthe ’rhananjalih vrsa-hamsa-suparna-sthan svaih svais cihnais ca cihnitan
- pranamya
- offering obeisances
- danda-vat
- like a rod
- bhumau
- ground
- upatasthe
- fell down
- arhana
- all paraphernalia for worship
- anjalih
- folded hands
- vrsa
- bull
- hamsa
- swan
- suparna
- the Garuda bird
- sthan
- situated
- svaih
- own
- svaih
- own
- cihnaih
- by symbols
- ca
- and
- cihnitan
- being recognized.
Thereafter he began to offer prayers to the three deities, who were seated on different carriers—a bull, a swan and Garuda—and who held in their hands a drum, kusa grass and a discus. The sage offered them his respects by falling down like a stick.