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Chapter 16: Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship

Verse 53 of 60
SB 8.16.53

आचार्यं ज्ञानसम्पन्नं वस्त्राभरणधेनुभिः तोषयेदृत्विजश्चैव तद्विद्ध्याराधनं हरेः

ācāryaṁ jñāna-sampannaṁ vastrābharaṇa-dhenubhiḥ toṣayed ṛtvijaś caiva tad viddhy ārādhanaṁ hareḥ

Synonyms

ācāryam—the spiritual master; jñāna-sampannam—very advanced in spiritual knowledge; vastra-ābharaṇa-dhenubhiḥ—with clothing, ornaments and many cows; toṣayet—should satisfy; ṛtvijaḥ—the priests recommended by the spiritual master; ca eva—as well as; tat viddhi—try to understand that; ārādhanam—worship; hareḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead..

Translation

One should satisfy the spiritual master [ācārya], who is very learned in Vedic literature, and should satisfy his assistant priests [known as hotā, udgātā, adhvaryu and brahma]. One should please them by offering them clothing, ornaments and cows. This is the ceremony called viṣṇu-ārādhana, or worship of Lord Viṣṇu.

Verse 53 of 60