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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 13]
hiraṇmayena —golden;  pātreṇa —with a pot;  siddham —cooked;  ādāya —carrying;  pāyasam —rice boiled in milk.
TRANSLATION
As soon as the oblation was offered in the fire, a person appeared from the fire altar wearing a golden garland and white dress. He was carrying a golden pot filled with rice boiled in milk.
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स विप्रानुमतो राजा गृहीत्वाञ्जलिनौदनम् । अवघ्राय मुदा युक्तः प्रादात्पत्न्या उदारधीः ॥३७॥
sa viprānumato rājā grhītvāñjalinaudanam avaghrāya mudā yuktaḥ prādāt patnyā udāra-dhīḥ
saḥ —he;  vipra —of the  brāhmaṇas ;  anumataḥ —taking permission;  rājā —the King;  grhītvā —taking;  añjalinā —in his joined palms;  odanam —rice boiled in milk;  avaghrāya —after smelling;  mudā —with great delight;  yuktaḥ —fixed;  prādāt —offered;  patnyai —to his wife;  udāra-dhīḥ —liberal-minded.
TRANSLATION
The King was very liberal, and after taking permission from the priests, he took the preparation in his joined palms, and after smelling it he offered a portion to his wife.
PURPORT
The word  udāra-dhīḥ  is significant in this connection. The wife of the King, Sunīthā, was not fit to accept this benediction, yet the King was so liberal that without hesitation he offered to his wife the boiled rice in milk  prasāda  received from the  yajña-puruṣa . Of course everything is designed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As will be explained in later verses, this incident was not very favorable for the King. Since the King was very liberal, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in order to increase his detachment from this material world, willed that a cruel son be born of the Queen so that the King would have to leave home. As stated above, Lord Viṣṇu fulfills the desires of the  karmīs  as they desire, but the Lord fulfills the desire of a devotee in a different way so that the devotee may