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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.6.8

శేషం నివేదయామాస పిత్రే తేన చ తద్గురు: । చోదిత: ప్రోక్షణాయాహ దుష్టమేతదకర్మకమ్ ॥ ౮ ॥
śeṣaṁ nivedayām āsa
[shesham nivedayaam aasa]
pitre tena ca tad-guruḥ
[pitre tena cha tad-guruh]
coditaḥ prokṣaṇāyāha
[choditah prokshanaayaaha]
duṣṭam etad akarmakam
[dushtam etad akarmakam]
Word-for-word
śeṣam — the remnants nivedayām āsa — he offered pitre — to his father tena — by him ca — also tat-guruḥ — their priest or spiritual master coditaḥ — being requested prokṣaṇāya — for purifying āha — said duṣṭam — polluted etat — all this flesh akarmakam — not fit to be used for offering in śrāddha..
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śeṣaṁ nivedayām āsa
śeṣam
the remnants
nivedayām āsa
he offered
pitre tena ca tad-guruḥ
pitre
to his father
tena
by him
ca
also
tat-guruḥ
their priest or spiritual master
coditaḥ prokṣaṇāyāha
coditaḥ
being requested
prokṣaṇāya
for purifying
āha
said
duṣṭam etad akarmakam
duṣṭam
polluted
etat
all this flesh
akarmakam
not fit to be used for offering in śrāddha..
Vikukṣi offered the remnants of the flesh to King Ikṣvāku, who gave it to Vasiṣṭha for purification. But Vasiṣṭha could immediately understand that part of the flesh had already been taken by Vikukṣi, and therefore he said that it was unfit to be used in the śrāddha ceremony.
Purport

That which is meant to be offered in yajṣa cannot be tasted by anyone before being offered to the Deity. In our temples, this regulation is in effect. One cannot eat food from the kitchen unless it is offered to the Deity. If something is taken before being offered to the Deity, the entire preparation is polluted and can no longer be offered. Those engaged in Deity worship must know this very well so that they may be saved from committing offenses in Deity worship.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Vikukṣi offered the remnants of the flesh to King Ikṣvāku, who gave it to Vasiṣṭha for purification. But Vasiṣṭha said that it was polluted, unfit for the śrāddha ceremony. The guru was Vasiṣṭha. It was polluted because Vikukṣi had already eaten part of the offering.
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