SB 4.7.55
TEXT 55
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TEXT
मैत्रेय उवाच
एवं भगवतादिष्टः प्रजापतिपतिर्हरिम् । अर्चित्वा क्रतुना स्वेन देवानुभयतो ऽयजत् ॥ ५५ ॥ maitreya uvaca
evam bhagavatadistaḥ
prajapati-patir harim
arcitva kratuna svena
devan ubhayato 'yajat
maitreyaḥ-Maitreya; uvaca-said; evam-thus; bhagavata-by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; adistaḥ-having been instructed; prajapati-patiḥ-the head of all the Prajapatis; harim-Hari; arcitva-after worshiping; kratuna-with the sacrificial ceremonies; svena-his own; devan-the demigods; ubhayataḥ-separately; ayajat-worshiped.
TRANSLATION
The sage Maitreya said: Thus Daksa, the head of all Prajapatis, having been nicely instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, worshiped Lord Visnu, and after worshiping Him by performing the prescribed sacrificial ceremonies, he also worshiped Lord Brahma and Lord Siva separately.
PURPORT
Lord Visnu should be offered everything, and His prasadam should be distributed to all other demigods. This practice is still followed in the temple of Jagannatha at Puri. There are many temples of demigods around the main temple of Jagannatha, and the prasadam which is offered first to Jagannatha is distributed to all the demigods. The deity of Bhagalin is worshiped with the prasadam of Visnu, and also, in the famous Lord Siva temple of Bhuvanesvara, the prasadam of Lord Visnu or Lord Jagannatha is offered to the deity of Lord Siva. This is the Vaisnava principle. The Vaisnava does not deride even ordinary living entities, including the small ant; everyone is offered proper respect according to his position. The offering, however, is in relation to the center, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, or Visnu. The devotee who is highly elevated sees the relationship to Krsna in everything; he does not see anything as being independent of Krsna. That is his vision of oneness.
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