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Instructions for Civilized Human Beings
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TEXT 5
देशे काले च सम्प्राप्ते मुन्यन्नं हरिदैवतम् । 
    श्रद्धया विधिवत् पात्रे न्यस्तं कामधुगक्षयम् ॥ ५ ॥
deśe kāle ca samprāpte 
    muny-annam hari-daivatam 
    śraddhayā vidhivat pātre 
    nyastam kāmadhug akṣayam
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.
TEXT 6
देवर्षिपितृभूतेभ्य आत्मने स्वजनाय च । 
    अन्नं संविभजन्यश्येत् सर्वं तत् पुरुषात्मकम् ॥ ६ ॥
devarṣi-pitr-bhūtebhya 
    ātmane sva-janāya ca 
    annam samvibhajan paśyet 
    sarvam tat puruṣātmakam
deva —unto the demigods;  ṛṣi —saintly persons;  pitr —forefathers;  bhūtebhyaḥ —the living entities in general;  ātmane —relatives;  sva-