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  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 7 · Chapter 15: Instructions for Civilized Human Beings
7.15.47.15.6

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 7.15.5

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Nārada Munisince 7.15.1inside 3 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King ParīkṣitNārada Muni → Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira

देशे काले च सम्प्राप्ते मुन्यन्नं हरिदैवतम् ।

श्रद्धया विधिवत्पात्रे न्यस्तं कामधुगक्षयम् ॥ ५ ॥

deśe kāle ca samprāpte

muny-annaṁ hari-daivatam

śraddhayā vidhivat pātre

nyastaṁ kāmadhug akṣayam

Translation

When one gets the opportunity of a suitable auspicious time and place, one should, with love, offer food prepared with ghee to the Deity of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and then offer the prasāda to a suitable person — a Vaiṣṇava or brāhmaṇa. This will be the cause of everlasting prosperity.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Offer With Love, Then Share Prasāda

  1. 1

    When a suitable auspicious time and place are available, one should offer food prepared with ghee to the Deity of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    The offering should be made with love. The prasāda should then be offered to a suitable Vaiṣṇava or brāhmaṇa.

  3. 3

    Such an offering becomes a cause of everlasting prosperity.

How it feels

Seriousness → Principled living. The example of bhakti becomes a guide to daily life.

Chapters 11–15 of Canto 7: Teachings on social and spiritual conduct. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 15: Instructions for Civilized Human Beings

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The best process for the śrāddha ceremony is to distribute bhāgavata-prasāda (remnants of food that has first been offered to Kṛṣṇa) to all of one’s forefathers and relatives. This makes a first-class śrāddha ceremony.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 7.15
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. deśein a proper place, namely a holy place of pilgrimage
  2. kāleat an auspicious time
  3. caalso
  4. samprāptewhen available
  5. muni-annamfoodstuffs prepared with ghee and suitable to be eaten by great saintly persons
  6. hari-daivatamunto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari
  7. śraddhayāwith love and affection
  8. vidhi-vataccording to the directions of the spiritual master and the śāstras
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Manvantara · The change of Manus

    What gives human life its right direction? · Subject 6 of 10

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 7.15

    In this verse: “love”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I bring more love into preparing and sharing an offering?

Practice

Set aside ingredients for a small preparation with ghee to offer lovingly to the Deity and then share as prasāda.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayOffer With Love, Then Share PrasādaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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