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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 8 · Chapter 16: Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship
8.16.398.16.41

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.16.40

Manvantara· The Manus and right duty
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Kaśyapa Munisince 8.16.38inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श‍ृतं पयसि नैवेद्यं शाल्यन्नं विभवे सति ।

ससर्पि: सगुडं दत्त्वा जुहुयान्मूलविद्यया ॥ ४० ॥

śṛtaṁ payasi naivedyaṁ

śāly-annaṁ vibhave sati

sasarpiḥ saguḍaṁ dattvā

juhuyān mūla-vidyayā

Translation

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.

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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.

Make Offerings According to Your Means

  1. 1

    If one can afford it, one should offer the Deity fine rice boiled in milk.

  2. 2

    The preparation includes clarified butter and molasses. These ingredients are offered for the Deity’s worship.

  3. 3

    While chanting the same original mantra, one should offer all this to the fire.

How it feels

Loss and hope → Revelation. A shift in fortune sets up a spiritual test.

Chapters 15–18 of Canto 8: Bali, Aditi and Vāmana's appearance. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 16: Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Moved by Aditi’s request, Kaśyapa Muni instructed her in the philosophy of self-realization, the difference between matter and spirit, and how to be unaffected by material loss. But when he saw that Aditi was not satisfied even after he had given these instructions, he advised her to worship Vāsudeva, Janārdana.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 8.16
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śṛtamcooked
  2. payasiin milk
  3. naivedyamoffering to the Deity
  4. śāli-annamfine rice
  5. vibhaveif available
  6. satiin this way
  7. sa-sarpiḥwith ghee (clarified butter)
  8. sa-guḍamwith molasses
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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

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 8.16

    In this verse: “chanting”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 8.16

    In this verse: “worship”

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

What can I afford to offer for the Deity’s worship?

Practice

Set aside a small amount of rice or another listed ingredient that you can afford for a Deity offering.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayMake Offerings According to Your MeansThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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