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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 11 · Chapter 3: Liberation from the Illusory Energy
11.3.4911.3.52-53

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 11.3.50-51

Mukti· Liberation

अर्चादौ हृदये चापि यथालब्धोपचारकै: ।

द्रव्यक्षित्यात्मलिङ्गानि निष्पाद्य प्रोक्ष्य चासनम् ॥ ५० ॥

पाद्यादीनुपकल्प्याथ सन्निधाप्य समाहित: ।

हृदादिभि: कृतन्यासो मूलमन्त्रेण चार्चयेत् ॥ ५१ ॥

arcādau hṛdaye cāpi

yathā-labdhopacārakaiḥ

dravya-kṣity-ātma-liṅgāni

niṣpādya prokṣya cāsanam

pādyādīn upakalpyātha

sannidhāpya samāhitaḥ

hṛd-ādibhiḥ kṛta-nyāso

mūla-mantreṇa cārcayet

Translation

The devotee should gather whatever ingredients for worshiping the Deity are available, make ready the offerings, the ground, his mind and the Deity, sprinkle his sitting place with water for purification and prepare the bathing water and other paraphernalia. The devotee should then place the Deity in His proper place, both physically and within his own mind, concentrate his attention, and mark the Deity’s heart and other parts of the body with tilaka. Then he should offer worship with the appropriate mantra.

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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.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Recognize the Lord’s Mercy in the Deity

  1. 1

    The devotee should gather available ingredients and carefully prepare the offerings, worshiping place, mind and Deity. Worship is then offered with concentrated attention and the appropriate mantra.

  2. 2

    The Deity form is a special manifestation of the Lord’s mercy toward beginners who cannot yet perceive Him in His eternal abode. He is not an ordinary material object.

  3. 3

    To a sincere worshiper, the Deity manifests Himself as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By learning Deity worship from a bona fide spiritual master, one can revive one’s lost relationship with the Lord.

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.