Deity Worship Removes Our Attachments | SB 11.27.9–12 | Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami | Mar 23, 2025
This lecture was given at the house of Vivek Prabhu and HG Shyama Priya Mataji in Vrindavan, India. ⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻ Text 9 arcāyāṁ sthaṇḍile ’gnau vā sūrye vāpsu hṛdi dvijaḥ dravyeṇa bhakti-yukto ’rcet sva-guruṁ mām amāyayā Translation A twice-born person should worship Me, his worshipable Lord, without duplicity, offering appropriate paraphernalia in loving devotion to My Deity form or to a form of Me appearing upon the ground, in fire, in the sun, in water or within the worshiper’s own heart. Text 10 pūrvaṁ snānaṁ prakurvīta dhauta-danto ’ṅga-śuddhaye ubhayair api ca snānaṁ mantrair mṛd-grahaṇādinā Translation One should first purify his body by cleansing his teeth and bathing. Then one should perform a second cleansing by smearing the body with earth and chanting both Vedic and tantric mantras. Text 11 sandhyopāstyādi-karmāṇi vedenācoditāni me pūjāṁ taiḥ kalpayet samyak- saṅkalpaḥ karma-pāvanīm Translation Fixing the mind on Me, one should worship Me by his various prescribed duties, such as chanting the Gāyatrī mantra at the three junctures of the day. Such performances are enjoined by the Vedas and purify the worshiper of reactions to fruitive activities. Text 12 śailī dāru-mayī lauhī lepyā lekhyā ca saikatī mano-mayī maṇi-mayī pratimāṣṭa-vidhā smṛtā Translation The Deity form of the Lord is said to appear in eight varieties — stone, wood, metal, earth, paint, sand, the mind or jewels. Purport Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains that certain Deity forms, such as those made of sand, are manifested for a brief time to fulfill a personal desire of the worshiper. Those, however, who desire to attain pure love of God should worship the permanent form of the Deity (made, for instance, of marble, gold or brass), and they should maintain continual worship. In Kṛṣṇa consciousness there is no scope for neglecting the worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. ⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻ Lecture Playlists:– Special Lectures: • Special Lectures Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures: • Srimad-Bhagavatam Bhagavad-gita Lectures: • Bhagavad-gita Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures: • Caitanya-caritamrta Spiritual Connection: • Spiritual Connection ⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻ For more information regarding His Holiness Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami Maharaja and his various projects, kindly visit: https://www.bddswami.com Follow us on:– Facebook: / bddswamimedia Instagram: / bddswamimedia WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DsHoPgOF8Or... Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/people/bddswam... Twitter: / bddswami You can contact us through email at [email protected] ⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻*⁻ 0:00 Lecture 16:20 Question: How does deity worship make us realize that we are not this body? 19:20 Question: Deity Worship or Harinama-sankirtana. Which is better?
