SB 11.27.7 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.27.7

వైదికస్తాన్త్రికో మిశ్ర ఇతి మే త్రివిధో మఖ: । త్రయాణామీప్సితేనైవ విధినా మాం సమర్చరేత్ ॥ ౭ ॥

vaidikas tāntriko miśra

[vaidikas taantriko mishra]

iti me tri-vidho makhaḥ

[iti me tri-vidho makhah]

trayāṇām īpsitenaiva

[trayaanaam eepsitenaiva]

vidhinā māṁ samarcaret

[vidhinaa maam samarcharet]

Word-for-word

vaidikaḥ — according to the four Vedas tāntrikaḥ — according to practical, explanatory literatures miśraḥ — mixed iti — thus me — of Me tri-vidhaḥ — of three kinds makhaḥ — sacrifice trayāṇām — of the three īpsitena — that which one feels to be most suitable eva — certainly vidhinā — by the process mām — Me samarcaret — one should properly worship.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

vaidikas tāntriko miśra

vaidikaḥ

according to the four Vedas

tāntrikaḥ

according to practical, explanatory literatures

miśraḥ

mixed

iti me tri-vidho makhaḥ

iti

thus

of Me

tri-vidhaḥ

of three kinds

makhaḥ

sacrifice

trayāṇām īpsitenaiva

trayāṇām

of the three

īpsitena

that which one feels to be most suitable

eva

certainly

vidhinā māṁ samarcaret

vidhinā

by the process

mām

samarcaret

one should properly worship.

One should carefully worship Me by selecting one of the three methods by which I receive sacrifice: Vedic, tantric or mixed.

Purport

Vaidika refers to sacrifice performed with mantras from the four Vedas and auxiliary Vedic literature. Tāntrika refers to such literatures as the Paṣcarātra and the Gautamīya-tantra. And “mixed” indicates utilization of both literatures. It should be remembered that superficial imitation of elaborate Vedic sacrifices will not bring one the actual perfection of life. One must perform sacrifice according to the prescription of the Supreme Lord, who recommends for this age the chanting of His holy names: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

One should carefully worship me by selecting one of the three methods of deity worship: Vedic, tantric or mixed. Vedic worship consists of using mantras such as puruṣa-sūkta from the Vedas, and using procedures from the Vedas. Tāntrika means procedures described in works such as Gautamīya-tantra. Mixed deity worship uses procedures or mantras such as the eight syllable mantra, described in both the Vedas and tantras. Makhaḥ means deity worship. Among the three methods, one should worship me by one’s preferred method.

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