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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.27.18

భూర్యప్యభక్తోపాహృతం న మే తోషాయ కల్పతే । గన్ధో ధూప: సుమనసో దీపోఽన్నాద్యం చ కిం పున: ॥ ౧౮ ॥
bhūry apy abhaktopāhṛtaṁ
[bhoory apy abhaktopaahritam]
na me toṣāya kalpate
[na me toshaaya kalpate]
gandho dhūpaḥ sumanaso
[gandho dhoopah sumanaso]
dīpo ’nnādyaṁ ca kiṁ punaḥ
[deepo ’nnaadyam cha kim punah]
bhūri — opulent api — even abhakta — by a nondevotee upāhṛtam — offered na — does not me — My toṣāya — satisfaction kalpate — create gandhaḥ — fragrance dhūpaḥ — incense sumanasaḥ — flowers dīpaḥ — lamps anna-ādyam — foodstuffs ca — and kim punaḥ — what to speak of.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bhūry apy abhaktopāhṛtaṁ
bhūri
opulent
api
even
abhakta
by a nondevotee
na me toṣāya kalpate
gandho dhūpaḥ sumanaso
upāhṛtam
offered
na
does not
me
My
toṣāya
satisfaction
kalpate
create
gandhaḥ
fragrance
dhūpaḥ
incense
sumanasaḥ
flowers
dīpo ’nnādyaṁ ca kiṁ punaḥ
dīpaḥ
lamps
anna-ādyam
foodstuffs
ca
and
kim punaḥ
what to speak of.
Even very opulent presentations do not satisfy Me if they are offered by nondevotees. But I am pleased by any insignificant offering made by My loving devotees, and I am certainly most pleased when nice presentations of fragrant oil, incense, flowers and palatable foods are offered with love.

The Lord has stated in the previous verse that even a little water offered with love and devotion gives Him great pleasure. Therefore the words kiṁ punaḥ indicate the Lord’s complete happiness when a suitably opulent offering is made with love and devotion. But an opulent offering made by a nondevotee cannot please the Lord. As Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains, the rules and regulations concerning Deity worship and the listing of offenses against the Deities are all meant for helping one avoid precisely this kind of disrespectful or neglectful attitude toward the Personality of Godhead in His Deity form. In fact, all offenses against the Deity are based upon irreverence and disregard for the Lord’s position as master, and thus upon disobedience to His orders. Since one must worship the Deity with reverence, one should offer opulent presentations to the Deity with love, for such presentations both enhance the respectfulness of the worshiper and help him avoid offenses in his worship.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Even excellent presentations do not satisfy me if they are offered by nondevotees. But I am pleased by any insignificant offering made by devotees, what to speak of a presentations of fragrant oil, incense, flowers and palatable foods. Sumanasaḥ means flowers.
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