Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.16.51-52

pūjāḿ ca mahatīḿ kuryād

vitta-śāṭhya-vivarjitaḥ

caruḿ nirūpya payasi

śipiviṣṭāya viṣṇave

sūktena tena puruṣaḿ

yajeta susamāhitaḥ

naivedyaḿ cātiguṇavad

dadyāt puruṣa-tuṣṭidam

SYNONYMS

pūjām — worship; ca — also; mahatīm — very gorgeous; kuryāt — should do; vitta-śāṭhya — miserly mentality (not spending sufficient money); vivarjitaḥ — giving up; carum — grains offered in the yajña; nirūpya — seeing properly; payasi — with milk; śipiviṣṭāya — unto the Supersoul, who is situated in the heart of every living entity; viṣṇave — unto Lord Viṣṇu; sūktena — by chanting the Vedic mantra known as puruṣa-sūkta; tena — by that; puruṣam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yajeta — one should worship; su-samāhitaḥ — with great attention; naivedyam — food offered to the Deity; ca — and; ati-guṇa-vat — prepared very gorgeously with all varieties of taste; dadyāt — should offer; puruṣa-tuṣṭi-dam — everything extremely pleasing to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Giving up the miserly habit of not spending money, one should arrange for the gorgeous worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, who is situated in the heart of every living entity. With great attention, one must prepare an oblation of grains boiled in ghee and milk and must chant the Puruṣa-sūkta mantra. The offerings of food should be of varieties of tastes. In this way, one should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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