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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.27.15

द्रव्यै: प्रसिद्धैर्मद्याग: प्रतिमादिष्वमायिन: । भक्तस्य च यथालब्धैर्हृदि भावेन चैव हि ॥ १५ ॥
dravyaiḥ prasiddhair mad-yāgaḥ
[dravyaih prasiddhair mad-yaagah]
pratimādiṣv amāyinaḥ
[pratimaadishv amaayinah]
bhaktasya ca yathā-labdhair
[bhaktasya cha yathaa-labdhair]
hṛdi bhāvena caiva hi
[hridi bhaavena chaiva hi]
Word-for-word
dravyaiḥ — with items of paraphernalia prasiddhaiḥ — excellent mat-yāgaḥ — My worship pratimā-ādiṣu — in the different Deity forms amāyinaḥ — who has no material desire bhaktasya — of a devotee ca — and yathā-labdhaiḥ — by whatever paraphernalia he can easily obtain hṛdi — in the heart bhāvena — by mental conception ca — and eva hi — certainly.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
dravyaiḥ prasiddhair mad-yāgaḥ
dravyaiḥ
with items of paraphernalia
prasiddhaiḥ
excellent
mat-yāgaḥ
My worship
pratimādiṣv amāyinaḥ
pratimā-ādiṣu
in the different Deity forms
amāyinaḥ
who has no material desire
bhaktasya ca yathā-labdhair
bhaktasya
of a devotee
ca
and
yathā-labdhaiḥ
by whatever paraphernalia he can easily obtain
hṛdi bhāvena caiva hi
hṛdi
in the heart
bhāvena
by mental conception
ca
and
eva hi
certainly.
One should worship Me in My Deity forms by offering the most excellent paraphernalia. But a devotee completely freed from material desire may worship Me with whatever he is able to obtain, and may even worship Me within his heart with mental paraphernalia.
Purport

A devotee still troubled by material desire tends to see the world as an object of sense gratification. Such a neophyte devotee may misunderstand the Lord’s supreme position and may even consider the Lord an object of his own enjoyment. Hence the neophyte must offer opulent paraphernalia to the Deity so that he may constantly remember that the Deity is the supreme enjoyer and that he, the neophyte, is simply the worshiper and is actually meant for the Deity’s pleasure. In contrast, an advanced devotee, one fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, never forgets that the Supreme Lord is the actual enjoyer and controller of everything. The pure devotee offers his unalloyed love to the Personality of Godhead along with whatever paraphernalia is easily obtained. A Kṛṣṇa conscious devotee does not waver in his devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa, and even with the simplest offering he completely satisfies the Personality of Godhead.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
One should worship my forms by offering the most excellent paraphernalia. But a devotee completely freed from material desire may worship me with whatever he is able to obtain, and may even worship me within his heart with mental paraphernalia. One should worship using the best items such as cooked grains, sugar candy, ghee, sandalwood and saffron. The devotee with no material desires can worship using whatever is available or can worship by meditating on rare objects in his mind, such as sweet rice made from milk of Surabhi cows.
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Personal Guidance
Worship with excellent paraphernalia if possible; a devotee free of desire may use whatever he can obtain, even mental paraphernalia within the heart. Devotion fits one's means.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do I withhold worship because I lack the 'right' paraphernalia?
  • What would heartfelt mental worship include?
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