Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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guḍa-pāyasa-sarpīṁṣi
śaṣkuly-āpūpa-modakān
saṁyāva-dadhi-sūpāṁś ca
naivedyaṁ sati kalpayet

WORD BY WORD



TRANSLATION

Within his means, the devotee should arrange to offer Me sugar candy, sweet rice, ghī, śaṣkulī [rice-flour cakes], āpūpa [various sweet cakes], modaka [steamed rice-flour dumplings filled with sweet coconut and sugar], saṁyāva [wheat cakes made with ghī and milk and covered with sugar and spices], yogurt, vegetable soups and other palatable foods.

PURPORT

One can acquire detailed information of proper and improper foods to offer in Deity worship by consulting Śrī Hari-bhakti-vilāsa, eighth vilāsa, verses 152-164.

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