[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Religious Traditions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya) › [Other cults, manuals and hymns](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general) › [Hymns to the Goddess](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra) › [Laghustutih (vrittisameta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti) › 207 # Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 207 Laghustutiḥ (vṛttisametā) 207 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [207](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.207) viśeṣārghyagato'yaṃ kṣīrādidravyavikalpaḥ . ayamihopadeśādhvā - brahmaṇaḥ kṣīrameva suśṛtaṃ sampādya tenāmṛtīkṛtena viśeṣārghyaṃ pūrayitvārcayet . tadalābhe tvājyena tadalābhe madhunā tasyāpyalābhe āsavena tasyāpyalābhe gandhodakena . kṣatriyastvājyena tadalābhe kṣīreṇa tadalābhe madhunā tasyāpyalābhe āsavena tasyāpyalābhe sugandhodakena . vaiśyastu madhunā tadalābhe ghṛtena tadalābhe kṣīreṇa tasyāpyalābhe āsavena sarvālābhe gandhodakena . śūdrastvāsavena tadalābhe madhunā tadalābhe tvājyena tadalābhe kṣīreṇeti . sarvālābhe sugandhodakenārghyāpādanamasyāpi samānamiti . > this is the option regarding the substances such as milk used in the special arghya. This is the path of instruction here: A brāhmaṇa, obtaining only well-boiled milk and having turned it into nectar, filling the special arghya with it, should perform worship. If that is unavailable, with clarified butter; if that is unavailable, with honey; if even that is unavailable, with liquor; if even that is unavailable, with scented water. A kṣatriya, on the other hand, \[should worship\] with clarified butter; if that is unavailable, with milk; if that is unavailable, with honey; if even that is unavailable, with liquor; if even that is unavailable, with scented water. A vaiśya, however, with honey; if that is unavailable, with ghee; if that is unavailable, with milk; if even that is unavailable, with liquor; if all are unavailable, with scented water. A śūdra, however, with liquor; if that is unavailable, with honey; if that is unavailable, with clarified butter; if that is unavailable, with milk. If all are unavailable, the preparation of the arghya with scented water is likewise the same for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 206](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.206) - [Next: 208](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.208) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti~en-mt.207) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.207](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.207) · Pramāṇa