Bodhasāra · Chapter 16.18
[p. 393-]
atha devapūjopayuktaśāstrārthanirṇayaḥ
tyaktvā mohamayīṃ pūjāṃ pūjāṃ bodhamayīṃ kuru /
candanairarcanīyo'yaṃ na tu paṅkena śaṃkaraḥ
paricīya purā devaṃ devapūjāparo bhava /
deve paricayo nāsti vada pūjā kathaṃ bhavet
tāvatpūjāṃ na manute yāvatparicayo na hi /
jāte paricaye devaḥ pūjāmapi na kāṅkṣati
pakṣadvaye'pi paśyāmi pūjāṃ devasya durghaṭām /
pūjyapūjakatā na jñe mūrkhastvajñānasūtakī
na jāne kva palāyante dhūpadīpākṣatādayaḥ /
asmākaṃ devapūjāyāṃ deva evāvaśiṣyate
devānusaṃdhānadhiyā vismṛte pūjanakrame /
pūjāyāṃ jāyate vighnaḥ pūrṇapūjāphalaṃ hi tat
ānandaghanagovindapūjanārambhakarmaṇi /
bodhe sphurati mohātmā yajamānaḥ palāyitaḥ
Original text: Bodhasāra · Edition: Swâmî Dayânand [Dayānanda Svāmī]: Bodhasâr [Bodhasāraḥ], A Treatise on Vedânta, With a Commentary by the Author's Pupil, Paṇḍit Divâkar. Benares : Chowkhamba Sanskrit Book Depot 1905 (Benares Sanskrit series, 23) [commentary not included]. · Data entry Jennifer Cover · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0