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"name":"SB 7.15.5", "h1":"SB 7.15.5", "label":"Text 5", "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.15.5", "description":"When one gets the opportunity of a suitable auspicious time and place, one should, with love, offer food prepared with ghee to the Deity of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and then offer the prasāda to a suitable person—a Vaiṣṇava or brāhmaṇa. This will be the cause of everlasting prosperity."
} —
SB 7.15.5
Text
deśe kāle ca samprāpte
muny-annaṁ hari-daivatam
śraddhayā vidhivat pātre
nyastaṁ kāmadhug akṣayam
Synonyms
deśe—in a proper place, namely a holy place of pilgrimage; kāle—at an auspicious time; ca—also; samprāpte—when available; muni-annam—foodstuffs prepared with ghee and suitable to be eaten by great saintly persons; hari-daivatam—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari; śraddhayā—with love and affection; vidhi-vat—according to the directions of the spiritual master and the śāstras; pātre—unto the suitable person; nyastam—if it is so offered; kāmadhuk—becomes a source of prosperity; akṣayam—everlasting.
Translation
When one gets the opportunity of a suitable auspicious time and place, one should, with love, offer food prepared with ghee to the Deity of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and then offer the prasāda to a suitable person—a Vaiṣṇava or brāhmaṇa. This will be the cause of everlasting prosperity.