Viñëum-eva sanätanam

“Therefore, the brähmaëas should not honour the remnants of the devas. Because Lord Viñëu is the only eternal Supreme Lord, all others should be rejected.”

püjayadvaà dvija-çreñöa

yävajjévamatendratäù

arccayen-mantra-ratnena

Vidhinä puruñottamam

“O best of the twice-born! As long as there is life in the body one should enthusiastically worship Lord Puruñottama according to scriptural injunctions and with the best of mantras.”

prasädäya vai küryäni-

nityaà bhaktimatendritaù

tasyävaraëa püjäyäà

tridaçännärcchayet sudhéù

@“ One should always attentively do His service in order to get His mercy. TRANS.???

ananya çaraëo bhakto

näma mantreñu dékñitaù

kadä cin närcayed devän

gaëeçädéàs tu vaiñëavaù

“The devotee interested in pure devotion to the Lord, and initiated with Vaiñëava mantra should never worship Gaëeça and the other devatäs.

yatra yatra suräù püjyä

gaëeçädyas tu karmiëäm

Viñëvarcane tatra tatra

Vaiñëavänäà hi vaiñëaväù

“ Wherever the materialists prescribe worship of Gaëeça and the devatäs, the Vaiñëava should instead worship the pure devotees of Lord Viñëu”

Viçvaksenaà sa sanakaà

sanätana mataù param

sananda sanat kumära

païcaitän püjayet tataù

“Thus instead of worshipping Gaëeça to remove material obstacles, the devotee should worship Viçvaksena and the four Kumäras to remove obstacles on the spiritual path.”

yasmin-navagrahä arcchyäs-

tatra kavyädayo nava

yatra yajanti vidhinä

dik-pälädéàstu karmiëaù

tatra prapüjayedetän

Vidhià bhägavataà çukam

sadä-çivaà vainateyaà

näradaà kapilaà balim

tato bhägavataà bhéñmaà

prahläd-aïjanä-sutam

ambaréñaàñ ca janakaà

mahäbhägavataà yamam

manuà sväyambhuvaà vyäs-

ädikaìca vaiñëavottamam

yuge yuge ca vikhyätän-

aparän vaiñëavänapi

“Whereas the materialist will worship the navagrahas (the nine demigods presiding over the nine planets), the devotee will worship Kavya Muni and the other navayogendras.

When the non devotees worship the deities of the directions (dikpälas), the devotees should worship Brahmä, the great devotee Çukhadeva, Sadä-Çiva, Garuòa, Närada, Kapila, Bali, the great Bhéñma, Prahläda, Hanumän, Ambaréña, the great Yama, Svayambhüva Manu, and the great Vaiñëava Vyäsa.This worship of Lord Viñëu and the Vaiñëavas is well known and has been performed age after age,”

harayarcchanai yaje-nityaà

na tu devän kadäcana

yatra mätågaëäh püjyäs-

tatra hyetäù prapüjayet

sadä bhagavaté paurëa-

mäsé padmästaraìgikä

gaìgä kalindatanayä

gopé candrävalé tathä

gäyatré tulasé väëé

påthivé gauç-ca vaiñëavé

çré yaçodä devahütiù

devaké rohiëémuthä

çré sétä draupadé kunté

aparä yä maharñayaù

rukmiëényädyas tathä cäñöa

mahiñya yäñ-ca tä api

“O great sages! Worship and sacrifice to Lord Hari is eternal, but the worship of the devas is not. Whenever others worship the mätågaëas, the Vaiñëavas instead worship Bhagavaté Paurëamäsé, Padmä, Antaraìgikä, Gaìgä, Yamunä, Candrävalé, Gäyatré, Tulasé, Sarasvaté, Påthivé, Vaiñëavé, Go, Yaçodä, Devahüti, Devaké, Rohiëé, Sétä, Draupadé, Kunté, Rukmiëé, and the other eight queens of the Lord.”

gopälopäsakaç-caiva

çrédämädén viñeçataù

tatrasyävaraëatvena

gopälän paripüjayet

“The devotee of Lord Gopäla will also worship the cowherd friends of the Lord, in particular Çrédäma etc.”

çré kåñëäpäsakastva tad-

arcchane sarva-karmaëi

lalitädyäù sahacaréù

sa sakhé-raìgiëé yutäù

“In every function, the devotee of Ñré Kåñëa will worship Lord Kåñëa and His dearest sakhés, such as Lalitä etc.”

püjayedvidhinä kärsëo

yato vaiñëava-daivataù

nänyän kadärcidvibudhä-

nupadeväàç ca çuddhabuddhéù

“The devotee of Çré Kåñëa, with great intelligence, should worship these Vaiñëavas according to the proper scriptural rules and should never worship the primary or secondary demigods.”