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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 8.18.19

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

The Lord Personally Performs Worship

“After Lord Śrī Vāmanadeva set a sacrificial fire, He offered worship and performed a fire sacrifice on the sacrificial field.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.18.19, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Lord Śrī Vāmanadeva set a sacrificial fire.
  • After setting the fire, He offered worship.
  • He performed a fire sacrifice on the sacrificial field.

Try this today

Set aside a brief, undistracted time for your worship today.

Ask yourself

How can this account encourage me to give attentive time to 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.

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