Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.27.34
Mukti· LiberationOffer Palatable Foods Within Your Means
“Within his means, the devotee should arrange to offer Me sugar candy, sweet rice, ghee, śaṣkulī [rice-flour cakes], āpūpa [various sweet cakes], modaka [steamed rice-flour dumplings filled with sweet coconut and sugar], saṁyāva [wheat cakes made with ghee and milk and covered with sugar and spices], yogurt, vegetable soups and other palatable foods.”
What the purport teaches
- The devotee should arrange food offerings within available means. The Lord names sugar candy, sweet rice, ghee, yogurt, vegetable soups and other palatable foods.
- The offerings also include śaṣkulī, āpūpa, modaka and saṁyāva—varieties of cakes and sweet preparations.
- The purport directs readers to Śrī Hari-bhakti-vilāsa for detailed guidance on proper and improper foods in Deity worship.
Try this today
Set aside a small portion of plain yogurt to offer to the Lord today.
Ask yourself
What food offering can I thoughtfully arrange within my means?
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.