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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.14.18

తస్మాద్ బ్రాహ్మణదేవేషు మర్త్యాదిషు యథార్హత: । తైస్తై: కామైర్యజస్వైనం క్షేత్రజ్ఞం బ్రాహ్మణానను ॥ ౧౮ ॥
tasmād brāhmaṇa-deveṣu
[tasmaad braahmana-deveshu]
martyādiṣu yathārhataḥ
[martyaadishu yathaarhatah]
tais taiḥ kāmair yajasvainaṁ
[tais taih kaamair yajasvainam]
kṣetra-jṣaṁ brāhmaṇān anu
[kshetra-jsham braahmanaan anu]
tasmāt — therefore brāhmaṇa-deveṣu — through the brāhmaṇas and the demigods martya-ādiṣu — through ordinary human beings and other living entities yathā-arhataḥ — according to your ability taiḥ taiḥ — with all those kāmaiḥ — various objects of enjoyment such as sumptuous food, flower garlands, sandalwood paste, etc. yajasva — you should worship enam — this kṣetra-jṣam — Supreme Lord situated in the hearts of all beings brāhmaṇān — the brāhmaṇas anu — after.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasmād brāhmaṇa-deveṣu
tasmāt
therefore
brāhmaṇa-deveṣu
through the brāhmaṇas and the demigods
martyādiṣu yathārhataḥ
martya-ādiṣu
through ordinary human beings and other living entities
yathā-arhataḥ
according to your ability
taiḥ taiḥ
with all those
tais taiḥ kāmair yajasvainaṁ
kāmaiḥ
various objects of enjoyment such as sumptuous food, flower garlands, sandalwood paste, etc.
yajasva
you should worship
enam
this
kṣetra-jṣaṁ brāhmaṇān anu
kṣetra-jṣam
Supreme Lord situated in the hearts of all beings
brāhmaṇān
the brāhmaṇas
anu
after.
Therefore, my dear King, first offer prasāda unto the brāhmaṇas and the demigods, and after sumptuously feeding them you may distribute prasāda to other living entities according to your ability. In this way you will be able to worship all living entities — or, in other words, the supreme living entity within every living entity.

To distribute prasāda to all living entities, the process is that we must first offer prasāda to the brāhmaṇas and the Vaiṣṇavas, for the demigods are represented by the brāhmaṇas. In this way the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in everyone’s heart, will be worshiped. This is the Vedic system of offering prasāda. Whenever there is a ceremony for distribution of prasāda, the prasāda is offered first to the brāhmaṇas, then to the children and old men, then to the women, and then to animals like dogs and other domestic animals. When it is said that Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Being, is situated in everyone’s heart, this does not mean that everyone has become Nārāyaṇa or that a particular poor man has become Nārāyaṇa. Such a conclusion is rejected herein.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Worship the Supreme Lord, knower of the field, according one’s ability, by offering various objects to brāhmaṇas, who are devatās, and then to ordinary humans. Worship the Supreme Lord, knower of the field, by offering foods to the brāhmaṇas who are devatās, and after the brāhmaṇas, to other humans. Another version has brāhmaṇānanam, the Lord whose mouth is the brāhmaṇas.
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