Srimad Bhagavatam — Ashtama Skandha, Shloka 51
Aditi’s Lament and Kaśyapa’s Instruction of the Payo-vrata (Milk Vow) to Please Keśava
पूजां च महतीं कुर्याद् वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जित: । चरुं निरूप्य पयसि शिपिविष्टाय विष्णवे ॥ ५१ ॥ सूक्तेन तेन पुरुषं यजेत सुसमाहित: । नैवेद्यं चातिगुणवद् दद्यात्पुरुषतुष्टिदम् ॥ ५२ ॥
pūjāṁ ca mahatīṁ kuryād vitta-śāṭhya-vivarjitaḥ caruṁ nirūpya payasi śipiviṣṭāya viṣṇave
Ohne die geizige Gewohnheit, kein Geld auszugeben, soll man eine großartige Verehrung des Herrn Viṣṇu, des Śipiviṣṭa im Herzen aller Wesen, veranstalten. Mit großer Sammlung bereite man caru—Getreide, in Ghee und Milch gekocht—und vollziehe die Darbringung unter Rezitation des Puruṣa-sūkta; zudem gebe man naivedya mit vielfältigen Geschmacksrichtungen, das den höchsten Puruṣa erfreut.
FAQs
This verse instructs that worship should be performed without dishonesty or miserliness about one’s wealth—devotion must be sincere and straightforward.
Śipiviṣṭa is a Vedic epithet of Viṣṇu; here it emphasizes addressing the Lord through authorized sacred names while performing the Pāyo-vrata worship.
Offer time, resources, and service to God transparently—avoid show, bargaining, or hidden motives in spiritual practice.