572 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 13
hiranmayena—golden; patrena—with a pot; siddham—cooked; adaya—
carrying; payasam—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.

TEXT 37
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HAMA FAIA? MAKITA FATTAT: Rv
sa viprdnumato raja
grhitvanjalinaudanam
avaghraya muda yuktah
pradat patnyd udara-dhih

sah—he; vipra—of the brahmanas; anumatah—taking permission; raja—
the King;grhitva—taking; afjalind—in his joined palms; odanam—rice boiled
in milk; avaghraya—after smelling; mudd—with great delight; yuktah—fixed;
pradal — offered; patnyai—to his wife; uddra-dhih—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 udara-dhih is significant in this connection. The wife of the
King, Sunitha, 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
prasdda received from the yajfia-purusa. 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 Visnu fulfills the desires of the karmis as they desire, but the Lord
fulfills the desire of a devotee in a different way so that the devotee may
