SB 8.16.51-52 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.16.51-52

పూజాం చ మహతీం కుర్యాద్ విత్తశాఠ్యవివర్జిత: । చరుం నిరూప్య పయసి శిపివిష్టాయ విష్ణవే ॥ ౫౧ ॥ సూక్తేన తేన పురుషం యజేత సుసమాహిత: । నైవేద్యం చాతిగుణవద్ దద్యాత్పురుషతుష్టిదమ్ ॥ ౫౨ ॥

pūjāṁ ca mahatīṁ kuryād

[poojaam cha mahateem kuryaad]

vitta-śāṭhya-vivarjitaḥ

[vitta-shaathya-vivarjitah]

caruṁ nirūpya payasi

[charum niroopya payasi]

śipiviṣṭāya viṣṇave

[shipivishtaaya vishnave]

sūktena tena puruṣaṁ

[sooktena tena purusham]

yajeta susamāhitaḥ

[yajeta susamaahitah]

naivedyaṁ cātiguṇavad

[naivedyam chaatigunavad]

dadyāt puruṣa-tuṣṭidam

[dadyaat purusha-tushtidam]

Word-for-word

pūjām — worship ca — also mahatīm — very gorgeous kuryāt — should do vitta-śāṭhya — miserly mentality (not spending sufficient money) vivarjitaḥ — giving up carum — grains offered in the yajṣa nirūpya — seeing properly payasi — with milk śipiviṣṭāya — unto the Supersoul, who is situated in the heart of every living entity viṣṇave — unto Lord Viṣṇu sūktena — by chanting the Vedic mantra known as Puruṣa-sūkta tena — by that puruṣam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead yajeta — one should worship su-samāhitaḥ — with great attention naivedyam — food offered to the Deity ca — and ati-guṇa-vat — prepared very gorgeously with all varieties of taste dadyāt — should offer puruṣa-tuṣṭi-dam — everything extremely pleasing to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

pūjāṁ ca mahatīṁ kuryād

pūjām

worship

also

mahatīm

very gorgeous

kuryāt

should do

vitta-śāṭhya-vivarjitaḥ

vitta-śāṭhya

miserly mentality (not spending sufficient money)

vivarjitaḥ

giving up

caruṁ nirūpya payasi

carum

grains offered in the yajṣa

nirūpya

seeing properly

payasi

with milk

śipiviṣṭāya viṣṇave

śipiviṣṭāya

unto the Supersoul, who is situated in the heart of every living entity

viṣṇave

unto Lord Viṣṇu

sūktena tena puruṣaṁ

sūktena

by chanting the Vedic mantra known as Puruṣa-sūkta

tena

by that

puruṣam

the Supreme Personality of Godhead

yajeta susamāhitaḥ

yajeta

one should worship

su-samāhitaḥ

with great attention

naivedyaṁ cātiguṇavad

naivedyam

food offered to the Deity

and

ati-guṇa-vat

prepared very gorgeously with all varieties of taste

dadyāt puruṣa-tuṣṭidam

dadyāt

should offer

puruṣa-tuṣṭi-dam

everything extremely pleasing to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Giving up the miserly habit of not spending money, one should arrange for the gorgeous worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, who is situated in the heart of every living entity. With great attention, one must prepare an oblation of grains boiled in ghee and milk and must chant the Puruṣa-sūkta mantra. The offerings of food should be of varieties of tastes. In this way, one should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Giving up miserly habits, one should perform grand worship of the Lord. With great attention, preparing grains boiled in milk for Viṣṇu, antaryāmī of the jīvas, chanting the Puruṣa-sūkta mantra, one should worship the Lord. One should give food with varieties of tastes for the satisfaction of the Lord.

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