Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 24.334
Serve Kṛṣṇa Through Regular Deity Worship
“Also describe Deity worship, wherein one should offer food to Kṛṣṇa at least five times daily and in due time place Him on a bed. You should also describe the process for offering ārati and the worship of the Lord according to the list of five, sixteen or fifty ingredients.
What the purport teaches
- Deity worship includes offering food to Kṛṣṇa at least five times daily and placing Him on a bed at the proper time.
- The process of ārati and worship with five, sixteen or fifty ingredients should be described. The five ingredients are very good scents, very good flowers, incense, a lamp and something edible.
- The sixteen ingredients include welcoming and seating Kṛṣṇa, offering water, bathing and dressing Him, and decorating Him with ornaments. They also include scents, flowers, incense, a lamp, good food and prayers.
Try this today
Write out the five ingredients for Deity worship and read the list slowly.
Ask yourself
What do these detailed offerings teach you about caring for Kṛṣṇa in Deity worship?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.