Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 268

268

pṛthaṅmantratvācca susevyamiti coktam . vihitadravyālābhena pūjā na kenāpi
tyājyeti dravyāṇi ca bahūnyupadiṣṭāni . teṣu kṣīrājyeti pāṭhena kṣīrasya
mukhyatvaṃ viprāḥ kṣoṇibhuja iti brāhmaṇasyārcakeṣu mukhyatvaṃ cābhyarhitaṃ
pūrvaṃ nipatatīti nyāyāt prakāśitam . bhakṣyabhojyalehyapeyeṣu śivāyā arcane
peyadravyasya prādhānyamanyasya taccheṣatvamiti ca dravadravyāṇāmeva
grahaṇāt tarpaṇaśabdācca vyañjitam .

and since each is a distinct mantra, it was also stated that it is worthy to be served well. Worship is not to be abandoned by anyone due to the unavailability of prescribed substances, and so many substances have been taught. Among them, by the reading 'milk, ghee…', the primacy of milk, and by 'priests, rulers…', the primacy of the brāhmaṇa among worshipers is revealed, according to the rule that 'the more worthy is placed first.' Among foods to be chewed, eaten, licked, and drunk, in the worship of Śivā, the drinkable substance is primary and the others are subordinate to it; this is indicated by the mentioning of only liquid substances and by the word 'libation' (tarpaṇa).