Verses 8.10.20-21

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

अथ जप्तस्य मन्त्रस्य
महा-पूजां समाचरेत्
द्वत्रिंशत्-पत्र-सम्युक्तं
कर्णिका-केशरोज्ज्वलम्
भव्यं कञ्जं पञ्च-वर्णं
लिखित्वा स्थण्डिले शुभे
तस्योपरि न्यसेद् राजन्
हेम-सिंहासनं शुभम् तस्मिन् श्री-बलदेवस्य पराम् अर्चां प्रपूजयेत्

atha japtasya mantrasya
mahā-pūjāṃ samācaret
dvatriṃśat-patra-samyuktaṃ
karṇikā-keśarojjvalam
bhavyaṃ kañjaṃ pañca-varṇaṃ
likhitvā sthaṇḍile śubhe
tasyopari nyased rājan
hema-siṃhāsanaṃ śubham tasmin śrī-baladevasya parām arcāṃ prapūjayet

atha—then; japtasya—chanted; mantrasya—of the mantra; mahā-pūjām—great worship; samācaret—should perform; dvatriṃśat—32; patra—petals; samyuktam—with; karṇikā-keśarojjvalam—splendid lotus whorl; bhavyam—beautiful; kañjam—lotus flower; pañca-varṇam—five colors; likhitvā—drawing; sthaṇḍile—on the ground; śubhe—auspicious; tasya—that; upari—above; nyaset—should place; rājan—O king; hema-siṃhāsanam—a golden trhone; śubham—beautiful; tasmin—there; śrī-baladevasya—of Lord Balarāma; parām—supreme; arcām—worship; prapūjayet—should worship.

English translation of verses 8.10.20-21:

Then the person who has chanted the mantra this number of times should perform the great worship of Lord Balarāma. On auspicious ground he should draw a thirty-two petal lotus of five colors and with a splendid whorl. O king, he should place there a beautiful golden throne, and on that throne He should place Lord Balarāma. Then he should perform the great worship of Lord Balarāma.

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Golden throne, Lord Balarama, Chanting the mantra, Beautiful lotus flower.