Text 41] Instructions by Maharaja Prthu 869

next life he not only became liberated but became famous as the supreme
spiritual master of the entire Vaisnava disciplic succession. According to
the Vedic system, therefore, it is customarily recommended that after
performing a ritualistic ceremony, one should feed the brahmanas.

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asnaty anantah khalu tattva-kovidaih
§raddha-hutarh yan-mukha ijya-namabhih
na vai tatha cetanaya bahiskrte
hutasane paramahamsya-paryaguh

asnati—eats; anantah—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; khalu—
nevertheless; tattva-kovidaih—persons who are in knowledge of the Abso-
lute Truth; sraddha—faith; hutam—offering fire sacrifices; yat-mukhe—
whose mouth; ijya-namabhih—by different names of demigods; na—never;
vai—certainly; tatha—as much; cetanaya—by living force; bahiskrte—being
bereft of; huta-asane—in the fire sacrifice; paramahamsya—regarding
devotees; paryaguh—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 suaha
in mantras such as indraya svahd and dditydya svaha. These mantras are
uttered to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead through demigods
such as Indra and Aditya, for the Supreme Personality of Godhead says:

ndham tisthami vaikunthe yoginam hrdayesu va
tattat tisthdmi narada yatra gayanti mad-bhaktah
