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
Isantabi ang pagkakuripot sa paggastos at magsagawa ng maringal na pagsamba kay Viṣṇu, ang Śipiviṣṭa na nananahan sa puso ng lahat ng nilalang. Nang may lubos na pagtuon, ihanda ang caru—butil na niluto sa ghee at gatas—at magsagawa ng pagsamba habang binibigkas ang Puruṣa-sūkta; maghandog din ng naivedya na may sari-saring lasa upang malugod ang Kataas-taasang Puruṣa.
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.