Text 16] Ideal Family Life 163
TRANSLATION
Every day, one should worship the Supreme Being who is situ-
ated in everyone’s heart, and on this basis one should separately
worship the demigods, the saintly persons, ordinary human beings
and living entities, one’s forefathers and one’s self. In this way one
is able to worship the Supreme Being in the core of everyone’s
heart.
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yarhy atmano ‘dhikaradyah
sarvah syur yajna-sampadah
vaitanikena vidhina
agni-hotradina yajet
yarhi—when; datmanah—of one’s self; adhikdra-ddyah—things
possessed by him under full control; sarva@h—everything; syuh—be-
comes; yajria-sampadah—paraphernalia for performing yajfa, or the
means for pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vaitanikena —
with authorized books that direct the performance of yajna; vidhinad—
according to regulative principles; agni-hotra-ddina—by offering
sacrifices to the fire, etc.; yajet—one should worship the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
When one is enriched with wealth and knowledge which are
under his full control and by means of which he can perform yajiia
or please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one must perform
sacrifices, offering oblations to the fire according to the directions
of the sastras. In this way one should worship the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead.
PURPORT
If a grhastha, or householder, is sufficiently educated in Vedic knowl-
edge and has become sufficiently rich to offer worship to please the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, he must perform yajnas as directed by
