Text 22] The Payo-vrata Process of Worship 231

Sri-aditir uvaca
kenaham vidhinad brahmann
upasthasye jagat-patim

yathad me satya-sankalpo
vidadhyat sa manoratham

Sri-aditih uvaca—Srimati Aditi began to pray; kena—by which;
aham—I; vidhina—by regulative principles; brahman—O brahmana;
upasthdsye—can please; jagat-patim—the Lord of the universe, Jagan-
natha; yatha—by which; me—my; satya-sankalpah—desire may ac-
tually be fulfilled; vidadhyat—may fulfill; sah—He (the Supreme
Lord); manoratham—ambitions or desires.

TRANSLATION

Srimati Aditi said: O brahmana, tell me the regulative principles
by which I may worship the supreme master of the world so that
the Lord will be pleased with me and fulfill all my desires.

PURPORT

It is said, ‘‘Man proposes, God disposes.” Thus a person may desire
many things, but unless these desires are fulfilled by the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, they cannot be fulfilled. Fulfillment of desire is
called satya-sarikalpa. Here the word satya-sarikalpa is very important.
Aditi placed herself at the mercy of her husband so that he would give
her directions by which to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead
so that all her desires would be fulfilled. A disciple must first decide that
he should worship the Supreme Lord, and then the spiritual master will
give the disciple correct directions. One cannot dictate to the spiritual
master, just as a patient cannot demand that his physician prescribe a
certain type of medicine. Here is the beginning of worship of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (7.16):

catur-vidha bhajante mam
Janah sukrtino ’rjuna

Grto jyidsur artharthi
jnani ca bharatarsabha
