Madhya 15.204

TEXT 204

TEXT

পাকশালার দক্ষিণে - দুই ভোগালয় ।
এক-ঘরে শালগ্রামের ভোগ-সেবা হয় ॥ ২০৪ ॥

paka-salara daksine-dui bhogalaya

eka-ghare salagramera bhoga-seva haya

SYNONYMS

paka-salara daksine-on the southern side of the kitchen; dui bhoga-alaya-two rooms for offering food; eka-ghare-in one room; salagramera-of Lord Salagrama; bhoga-seva-offering of food; haya-there is.

TRANSLATION

On the southern side of the kitchen were two rooms for offering food, and in one of them the food was offered to Salagrama Narayana.

PURPORT

Among the followers of the Vedic way, salagrama-sila, the vigraha of Narayana, is worshiped in the form of a stone ball. In India, every brahmana still worships the salagrama-sila in his home. The vaisyas and ksatriyas may also engage in this worship, but it is compulsory in the house of a brahmana.