Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 8:31-40

Sri Janmastami-vrata-pujopavasa-nirupana

Vows, Worship, and Fasting on Sri Janmastami

Chapter 8: Verse 31-40

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

31.O Supreme Lord, please accept this fragrant flower so dear to all the demigods and grown from a blossoming tree.

32.O Lord Krsna, please accept this offering of ripe fruits, sugar-candy, svastika candy and other candies.

33.O Lord Krsna, please accept this laddu, modaka, ghee, milk, molasses, honey, fresh yoghurt, and buttermilk.

34.O Lord Krsna, please accept these betel nuts mixed with camphor and other things, which I offer to You with devotion.

35.O Supreme Lord, please accept this beautiful avira powder made with sandal, aguru, musk and kunkuma.

36.O Lord Krsna, please accept this incense made by cooking the nectars of many trees, incense very dear to all the demigods.

37.O Lord Krsna, please accept this splendid and auspicious lamp that destroys the terrible blinding darkness.

38.O Lord Krsna, please accept this pure drinking-water scented with camphor and other fragrances, water that is the life of all living entities.

39.O Lord Krsna, as an ornament for Your transcendental body please accept this garland of many flowers on a fine thread.

40.O Supreme Lord, please accept these fruits, which are the seeds of trees, and which make one’s dynasty prosper.

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