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Instructions by Mahārāja Pṛthu
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next life he not only became liberated but became famous as the supreme spiritual master of the entire Vaiṣṇava disciplic succession. According to the Vedic system, therefore, it is customarily recommended that after performing a ritualistic ceremony, one should feed the  brāhmaṇas .
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अभ्रात्यनन्तः खलु तत्त्वकोविदैः
श्रद्धाहुतं यन्मुख इज्यनामभिः ।
न वै तथा चेतनया बहिष्कृते
हुताशने पारमहंसपर्यगुः ॥४१॥
aśnāty anantaḥ khalu tattva-kovidaiḥ
śraddhā-hutaṁ yan-mukha ijya-nāmabhiḥ
na vai tathā cetanayā bahiṣkṛte
hutāśane pāramahaṁsya-paryaguḥ
aśnāti —eats;  anantaḥ —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  khalu —nevertheless;  tattva-kovidaiḥ —persons who are in knowledge of the Absolute Truth;  śraddhā —faith;  hutaṁ —offering fire sacrifices;  yat-mukhe —whose mouth;  ijya-nāmabhiḥ —by different names of demigods;  na —never;  vai —certainly;  tathā —as much;  cetanayā —by living force;  bahiṣkṛte —being bereft of;  huta-aśane —in the fire sacrifice;  pāramahaṁsya —regarding devotees;  paryaguḥ —never goes away.
TRANSLATION
Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Ananta, eats through the fire sacrifices offered in the names of the different demigods, He does not take as much pleasure in eating through fire as He does in accepting offerings through the mouths of learned sages and devotees, for then He does not leave the association of devotees.
PURPORT
According to Vedic injunctions, a fire sacrifice is held in order to give food to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the names of the different demigods. While performing a fire sacrifice, one pronounces the word  svāhā  in  mantras  such as  indrāya svāhā  and  ādityāya svāhā . These  mantras  are uttered to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead through demigods such as Indra and Āditya, for the Supreme Personality of Godhead says:
nāhaṁ tiṣṭhāmi vaikuṇṭhe yogināṁ hṛdayeṣu vā tattat tiṣṭhāmi nārada yatra gāyanti mad-bhaktāḥ