Text 11] The Payo-vrata Process of Worship 217
brahmanas eat sumptuous remnants of food after yajfa, this is another
way that Lord Visnu Himself eats. Therefore the Vedic principles recom-
mend that in every festival or ceremony one offer oblations to the fire
and give sumptuous food for the bradhmanas to eat. By such activities, a
householder may be elevated to the heavenly planets and similar places
in the higher planetary systems.
TEXT 10
af a gufeawa ga aatata |
THSAAA ATA TITAH 12 ol
api sarve kusalinas
tava putrad manasvini
laksaye ’svastham adtmanam
bhavatya laksanair aham
api—whether; sarve—all; kusalinah—in full auspiciousness; tava—
your; putrah—sons; manasvini—O great-minded lady; laksaye—I see;
asvastham—not in tranquillity; atmanam—the mind; bhavatyah—of
you; laksanaih—by symptoms; aham—I.
TRANSLATION
O great-minded lady, are all your sons faring well? Seeing your
withered face, I can perceive that your mind is not tranquil. How is
this so?
TEXT 11
HARON
wim weeMere ae 4 |
Prater ot at meatier et 8
Sri-aditir uvaca
bhadram dvija-gavam brahman
dharmasydasya janasya ca
