Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.36.26
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyInstructions for the Bow Sacrifice
“Commence the bow sacrifice on the Caturdaśī day in accordance with the relevant Vedic injunctions. In ritual slaughter offer the appropriate kinds of animals to the magnanimous Lord Śiva.”
What the purport teaches
- The bow sacrifice is ordered to begin on the Caturdaśī day.
- The ceremony is to follow the relevant Vedic injunctions.
- The instruction includes offering appropriate kinds of animals in ritual slaughter to the magnanimous Lord Śiva. This verse describes the ordered ceremony.
Try this today
Reread the translation and identify the ceremony’s prescribed day, rules, and recipient.
Ask yourself
Am I carefully distinguishing what this verse describes from a personal instruction to me?
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.