Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.27.34

guḍa-pāyasa-sarpīḿṣi

śaṣkuly-āpūpa-modakān

saḿyāva-dadhi-sūpāḿś ca

naivedyaḿ sati kalpayet

SYNONYMS

guḍa — sugar candy; pāyasa — sweet rice; sarpīḿṣi — and ghee; śaṣkulī — a kind of large, ear-shaped cake made of rice flour, sugar and sesame and fried in ghee; āpūpa — various kinds of sweet cakes; modakān — small conical steamed dumplings made of rice flour and filled with sweet coconut and sugar; saḿyāva — an oblong cake made of wheat, ghee and milk and covered with sugar and spices; dadhi — yogurt; sūpān — vegetable soups; ca — and; naivedyam — offerings of food; sati — if he has sufficient means; kalpayet — the devotee should arrange.

TRANSLATION

Within his means, the devotee should arrange to offer Me sugar candy, sweet rice, ghee, śaṣkulī [rice-flour cakes], āpūpa [various sweet cakes], modaka [steamed rice-flour dumplings filled with sweet coconut and sugar], saḿyāva [wheat cakes made with ghee 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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