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Chapter 16: Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship

Verse 44–45 of 60
SB 8.16.44-45

भुंजीत तैरनुज्ञातः सेष्टः शेषं सभाजितैः ब्रह्मचार्यथ तद्रात्र्यां श्वो भूते प्रथमे ऽहनि स्नातः शुचिर्यथोक्तेन विधिना सुसमाहितः पयसा स्नापयित्वार्चेद्यावद्व्रतसमापनम्

bhuñjīta tair anujñātaḥ seṣṭaḥ śeṣaṁ sabhājitaiḥ brahmacāry atha tad-rātryāṁ śvo bhūte prathame 'hani snātaḥ śucir yathoktena vidhinā susamāhitaḥ payasā snāpayitvārced yāvad vrata-samāpanam

Synonyms

bhuñjītashould take the prasāda; taiḥby the brāhmaṇas; anujñātaḥbeing permitted; sa-iṣṭaḥwith friends and relatives; śeṣamthe remnants; sabhājitaiḥproperly honored; brahmacārīobservance of celibacy; athaof course; tat-rātryāmat night; śvaḥ bhūteat the end of the night, when the morning comes; prathame ahanion the first day; snātaḥbathing; śuciḥbecoming purified; yathā-uktenaas stated before; vidhināby following the regulative principles; su-samāhitaḥwith great attention; payasāwith milk; snāpayitvābathing the Deity; arcetshould offer worship; yāvatas long as; vrata-samāpanamthe period of worship is not over..

Translation

One should perfectly honor the respectable brāhmaṇas one has fed, and then, after taking their permission, one should take prasāda with his friends and relatives. For that night, one should observe strict celibacy, and the next morning, after bathing again, with purity and attention one should bathe the Deity of Viṣṇu with milk and worship Him according to the methods formerly stated in detail.

Verse 44–45 of 60
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