Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.24.26
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesPrepare Varied Foods for Govardhana Worship
“Let many different kinds of food be cooked, from sweet rice to vegetable soups! Many kinds of fancy cakes, both baked and fried, should be prepared. And all the available milk products should be taken for this sacrifice.”
What the purport teaches
- Kṛṣṇa calls for many kinds of cooked food, including sweet rice and vegetable soups.
- The preparations should include baked and fried cakes, along with all available milk products.
- The purport explains that sūpa includes bean broth and liquid vegetable preparations. Govardhana-pūjā should include hot preparations, cold preparations and milk products.
Try this today
Choose one food named here and note what you would need to prepare it for Govardhana-pūjā.
Ask yourself
How can thoughtful food preparation express care in worship?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.