Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.16.40
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyMake Offerings According to Your Means
“If one can afford to, one should offer the Deity fine rice boiled in milk with clarified butter and molasses. While chanting the same original mantra, one should offer all this to the fire.”
What the purport teaches
- If one can afford it, one should offer the Deity fine rice boiled in milk.
- The preparation includes clarified butter and molasses. These ingredients are offered for the Deity’s worship.
- While chanting the same original mantra, one should offer all this to the fire.
Try this today
Set aside a small amount of rice or another listed ingredient that you can afford for a Deity offering.
Ask yourself
What can I afford to offer for the Deity’s worship?
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.