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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.16.38

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty

Worship Kṛṣṇa With Faith and Devotion

“Kaśyapa Muni continued: By chanting all these mantras, welcoming the Supreme Personality of Godhead with faith and devotion, and offering Him items of worship [such as pādya and arghya], one should worship Keśava, Hṛṣīkeśa, Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.16.38, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Kaśyapa Muni instructs one to chant these mantras and welcome the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • Worship should be offered with faith and devotion, using items such as pādya and arghya.
  • The object of worship is Keśava, Hṛṣīkeśa, Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Try this today

Read one of the prayers given here aloud, taking care to welcome Kṛṣṇa with faith and devotion.

Ask yourself

How can I bring more faith and devotion into my worship of Kṛṣṇa?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.

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