Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 - Chapter 27

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: भूर्यप्यभक्तोपाहृतं न मे तोषाय कल्पते ।गन्धो धूप: सुमनसो दीपोऽन्नाद्यं च किं पुन: ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: bhūry apy abhaktopāhṛtaṁna me toṣāya kalpategandho dhūpaḥ sumanasodīpo ’nnādyaṁ ca kiṁ punaḥ Translation: Even very opulent presentations do not satisfy Me if they are offered by nondevotees. But I am pleased by any insignificant offering made by My loving devotees, and I am certainly most pleased when nice presentations of fragrant oil, incense, flowers and palatable foods are offered with love....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: शुचि: सम्भृतसम्भार: प्राग्दर्भै: कल्पितासन: ।आसीन: प्रागुदग् वार्चेदर्चायां त्वथ सम्मुख: ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: śuciḥ sambhṛta-sambhāraḥprāg-darbhaiḥ kalpitāsanaḥāsīnaḥ prāg udag vārcedarcāyāṁ tv atha sammukhaḥ Translation: After cleansing himself and collecting all the paraphernalia, the worshiper should arrange his own seat with blades of kuśa grass whose tips point eastward. He should then sit facing either east or north, or else, if the Deity is fixed in one place, he should sit directly facing the Deity....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: कृतन्यास: कृतन्यासां मदर्चां पाणिना मृजेत् ।कलशं प्रोक्षणीयं च यथावदुपसाधयेत् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: kṛta-nyāsaḥ kṛta-nyāsāṁmad-arcāṁ pāṇināmṛjetkalaśaṁ prokṣaṇīyaṁ cayathāvad upasādhayet Translation: The devotee should sanctify the various parts of his body by touching them and chanting mantras. He should do the same for My Deity form, and then with his hands he should clean the Deity of old flowers and the remnants of previous offerings....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: तदद्भ‍िर्देवयजनं द्रव्याण्यात्मानमेव च ।प्रोक्ष्य पात्राणि त्रीण्यद्भ‍िस्तैस्तैर्द्रव्यैश्च साधयेत् ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: tad-adbhir deva-yajanaṁdravyāṇy ātmānam eva caprokṣya pātrāṇi trīṇy adbhistais tair dravyaiś ca sādhayet Translation: Then, with the water of that prokṣaṇīya vessel he should sprinkle the area where the Deity is being worshiped, the offerings that are going to be presented, and his own body. Next he should decorate with various auspicious substances three vessels filled with water....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22 Sanskrit: पाद्यार्घ्याचमनीयार्थं त्रीणि पात्राणि देशिक: ।हृदा शीर्ष्णाथ शिखया गायत्र्या चाभिमन्त्रयेत् ॥ २२ ॥ ITRANS: pādyārghyācamanīyārthaṁtrīṇi pātrāṇi deśikaḥhṛdā śīrṣṇātha śikhayāgāyatryā cābhimantrayet Translation: The worshiper should then purify those three vessels. He should sanctify the vessel holding water for washing the Lord’s feet by chanting hṛdayāya namaḥ, the vessel containing water for arghya by chanting śirase svāhā, and the vessel containing water for washing the Lord’s mouth by chanting śikhāyai vaṣaṭ....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23 Sanskrit: पिण्डे वाय्वग्निसंशुद्धे हृत्पद्मस्थां परां मम ।अण्वीं जीवकलां ध्यायेन्नादान्ते सिद्धभाविताम् ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: piṇḍe vāyv-agni-saṁśuddhehṛt-padma-sthāṁ parāṁ mamaaṇvīṁ jīva-kalāṁ dhyāyennādānte siddha-bhāvitām Translation: The worshiper should meditate upon My subtle form — which is situated within the worshiper’s own body, now purified by air and fire — as the source of all living entities. This form of the Lord is experienced by self-realized sages in the last part of the vibration of the sacred syllable om....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: तयात्मभूतया पिण्डे व्याप्ते सम्पूज्य तन्मय: ।आवाह्यार्चादिषु स्थाप्य न्यस्ताङ्गं मां प्रपूजयेत् ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: tayātma-bhūtayā piṇḍevyāpte sampūjya tan-mayaḥāvāhyārcādiṣu sthāpyanyastāṅgaṁ māṁ prapūjayet Translation: The devotee conceives of the Supersoul, whose presence surcharges the devotee’s body, in the form corresponding to his realization. Thus the devotee worships the Lord to his full capacity and becomes fully absorbed in Him. By touching the various limbs of the Deity and chanting appropriate mantras, the devotee should invite the Supersoul to join the Deity’s form, and then the devotee should worship Me....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25-26 Sanskrit: पाद्योपस्पर्शार्हणादीनुपचारान् प्रकल्पयेत् ।धर्मादिभिश्च नवभि: कल्पयित्वासनं मम ॥ २५ ॥पद्ममष्टदलं तत्र कर्णिकाकेसरोज्ज्वलम् ।उभाभ्यां वेदतन्त्राभ्यां मह्यं तूभयसिद्धये ॥ २६ ॥ ITRANS: pādyopasparśārhaṇādīnupacārān prakalpayetdharmādibhiś ca navabhiḥkalpayitvāsanaṁ mama Translation: The worshiper should first imagine My seat as decorated with the personified deities of religion, knowledge, renunciation and opulence and with My nine spiritual energies. He should think of the Lord’s sitting place as an eight-petaled lotus, effulgent on account of the saffron filaments within its whorl....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27 Sanskrit: सुदर्शनं पाञ्चजन्यं गदासीषुधनुर्हलान् ।मुषलं कौस्तुभं मालां श्रीवत्सं चानुपूजयेत् ॥ २७ ॥ ITRANS: sudarśanaṁ pāñcajanyaṁgadāsīṣu-dhanur-halānmuṣalaṁ kaustubhaṁ mālāṁśrīvatsaṁ cānupūjayet Translation: One should worship, in order, the Lord’s Sudarśana disc, His Pāñcajanya conchshell, His club, sword, bow, arrows and plow, His muṣala weapon, His Kaustubha gem, His flower garland and the Śrīvatsa curl of hair on His chest. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28 Sanskrit: नन्दं सुनन्दं गरुडं प्रचण्डं चण्डमेव च ।महाबलं बलं चैव कुमुदं कमुदेक्षणम् ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: nandaṁ sunandaṁ garuḍaṁpracaṇḍaṁ caṇḍam eva camahābalaṁ balaṁ caivakumudaṁ kumudekṣaṇam Translation: One should worship the Lord’s associates Nanda and Sunanda, Garuḍa, Pracaṇḍa and Caṇḍa, Mahābala and Bala, and Kumuda and Kumudekṣaṇa. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 29 Sanskrit: दुर्गां विनायकं व्यासं विष्वक्सेनं गुरून्सुरान् ।स्वे स्वे स्थाने त्वभिमुखान् पूजयेत् प्रोक्षणादिभि: ॥ २९ ॥ ITRANS: durgāṁ vināyakaṁ vyāsaṁviṣvaksenaṁ gurūn surānsve sve sthāne tv abhimukhānpūjayet prokṣaṇādibhiḥ Translation: With offerings such as prokṣaṇa one should worship Durgā, Vināyaka, Vyāsa, Viṣvaksena, the spiritual masters and the various demigods. All these personalities should be in their proper places facing the Deity of the Lord....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 30-31 Sanskrit: चन्दनोशीरकर्पूरकुङ्कुमागुरुवासितै: ।सलिलै: स्‍नापयेन्मन्त्रैर्नित्यदा विभवे सति ॥ ३० ॥स्वर्णघर्मानुवाकेन महापुरुषविद्यया ।पौरुषेणापि सूक्तेन सामभी राजनादिभि: ॥ ३१ ॥ ITRANS: candanośīra-karpūra-kuṅkumāguru-vāsitaiḥsalilaiḥ snāpayen mantrairnityadā vibhave sati Translation: The worshiper should bathe the Deity every day, as opulently as his assets permit, using waters scented with sandalwood, uśīra root, camphor, kuṅkuma and aguru. He should also chant various Vedic hymns, such as the anuvāka known as Svarṇa-gharma, the Mahāpuruṣa-vidyā, the Puruṣa-sūkta and various songs of the Sāma Veda, such as the Rājana and the Rohiṇya....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 32 Sanskrit: वस्त्र‍ोपवीताभरणपत्रस्रग्गन्धलेपनै: ।अलङ्कुर्वीत सप्रेम मद्भ‍क्तो मां यथोचितम् ॥ ३२ ॥ ITRANS: vastropavītābharaṇa-patra-srag-gandha-lepanaiḥalaṅkurvīta sa-premamad-bhakto māṁ yathocitam Translation: My devotee should then lovingly decorate Me with clothing, a brāhmaṇa thread, various ornaments, marks of tilaka and garlands, and he should anoint My body with fragrant oils, all in the prescribed manner. Purport: Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī quotes Lord Śrī Viṣṇu’s instructions to Ambarīṣa Mahārāja in the Viṣṇu-dharma Upapurāṇa as follows: “Absorbing your mind completely in the Deity, you should give up all other shelter and consider the Deity your intimate well-wisher....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33 Sanskrit: पाद्यमाचमनीयं च गन्धं सुमनसोऽक्षतान् ।धूपदीपोपहार्याणि दद्यान्मे श्रद्धयार्चक: ॥ ३३ ॥ ITRANS: pādyam ācamanīyaṁ cagandhaṁ sumanaso ’kṣatāndhūpa-dīpopahāryāṇidadyān me śraddhayārcakaḥ Translation: The worshiper should faithfully present Me with water for washing My feet and mouth, fragrant oils, flowers and unbroken grains, along with incense, lamps and other offerings. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34 Sanskrit: गुडपायससर्पींषि शष्कुल्यापूपमोदकान् ।संयावदधिसूपांश्च नैवेद्यं सति कल्पयेत् ॥ ३४ ॥ ITRANS: guḍa-pāyasa-sarpīṁṣiśaṣkuly-āpūpa-modakānsaṁyāva-dadhi-sūpāṁś canaivedyaṁ sati kalpayet Translation: Within his means, the devotee should arrange to offer Me sugar candy, sweet rice, ghee, śaṣkulī [rice-flour cakes], āpūpa [various sweet cakes], modaka [steamed rice-flour dumplings filled with sweet coconut and sugar], saṁyāva [wheat cakes made with ghee and milk and covered with sugar and spices], yogurt, vegetable soups and other palatable foods....