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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.3.6

परिजनानुरागविरचितशबलसंशब्दसलिलसितकिसलयतुलसिकादूर्वाङ्कुरैरपि सम्भृतया सपर्यया किल परम परितुष्यसि ॥ ६ ॥
parijanānurāga-viracita-śabala-saṁśabda-salila-sita-kisalaya-tulasikā-dūrvāṅkurair api sambhṛtayā saparyayā kila parama parituṣyasi.
[parijanaanuraaga-virachita-shabala-samshabda-salila-sita-kisalaya-tulasikaa-doorvaankurair api sambhritayaa saparyayaa kila parama paritushyasi.]
Word-for-word
parijana — by Your servants anurāga — in great ecstasy viracita — executed śabala — with a faltering voice saṁśabda — with prayers salila — water sita-kisalaya — twigs bearing new leaves tulasikā — tulasī leaves dūrvā-aṅkuraiḥ — and with newly grown grass api — also sambhṛtayā — performed saparyayā — by worship kila — indeed parama — O Supreme Lord parituṣyasi — You become satisfied.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
parijanānurāga-viracita-śabala-saṁśabda-salila-sita-kisalaya-tulasikā-dūrvāṅkurair api sambhṛtayā saparyayā kila parama parituṣyasi.
parijana
by Your servants
anurāga
in great ecstasy
viracita
executed
śabala
with a faltering voice
saṁśabda
with prayers
salila
water
sita-kisalaya
twigs bearing new leaves
tulasikā
tulasī leaves
dūrvā-aṅkuraiḥ
and with newly grown grass
api
also
sambhṛtayā
performed
saparyayā
by worship
kila
indeed
parama
O Supreme Lord
parituṣyasi
You become satisfied.
O Supreme Lord, You are full in every respect. You are certainly very satisfied when Your devotees offer You prayers with faltering voices and in ecstasy bring You tulasī leaves, water, twigs bearing new leaves, and newly grown grass. This surely makes You satisfied.
Purport

One does not need great wealth, education or opulence to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one is fully absorbed in love and ecstasy, he need offer only a flower and a little water. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati: “If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.” ( Bg. 9.26 )

The Supreme Lord can be pleased only by devotional service; therefore it is said here that the Lord is surely satisfied by devotion and nothing else. Quoting from the Gautamīya-tantra, the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa states:

tulasī-dala-mātreṇa jalasya culukena vā vikrīṇīte svam ātmānaṁ bhaktebhyo bhakta-vatsalaḥ

“Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is very affectionate toward His devotees, sells Himself to a devotee who offers merely a tulasī leaf and a palmful of water.” The Supreme Lord is causelessly merciful upon His devotee, so much so that even the poorest of men can offer Him a little water and a flower in devotion and thus please Him. This is due to His affectionate dealings with His devotees.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Lord! You are satisfied by worship using prayers uttered with choked voice composed by your devotees with attachment, and using water, tulasī buds, dūrvā grass and buds. O Lord (parama)! You are satisfied by worship using water, branches, of tulasī, sprouts of dūrvā grass and prayers (samśabda) offered with choked voice (śabala) produced out of attachment by your devotees.
Related values & verses
Related verses
BG 9.26
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Tulasī leaves and a little water offered with love satisfy the Lord more than mountains of opulence offered without it. Devotion is not measured in volume; it is measured in heart.
Reflection Questions
  • What tiny offering, done with full presence, could you make today that you have been postponing while planning something bigger?
  • Where are you confusing scale of offering with sincerity of offering?
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