एवं भगवतादिष्टः प्रजापतिपतिर्हरिम् ।
अर्चित्वा क्रतुना स्वेन देवानुभयतोऽयजत् ॥५५॥
maitreya uvÄca
evaá¹ bhagavatÄdiá¹£á¹aḥ
prajÄpati-patir harim
arcitvÄ kratunÄ svena
devÄn ubhayato 'yajat
maitreyaḥ - Maitreya; uvÄca - said; evam - thus; bhagavatÄ - by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; Ädiá¹£á¹aḥ - having been instructed; prajÄpati-patiḥ - the head of all the PrajÄpatis; harim - Hari; arcitvÄ - after worshiping; kratunÄ - with the sacrificial ceremonies; svena - his own; devÄn - the demigods; ubhayataḥ - separately; ayajat - worshiped.
The sage Maitreya said: Thus Daká¹£a, the head of all PrajÄpatis, having been nicely instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, worshiped Lord Viṣṇu. After worshiping Him by performing the prescribed sacrificial ceremonies, Daká¹£a separately worshiped Lord BrahmÄ and Lord Åšiva.
Lord Viṣṇu should be offered everything, and His prasÄda should be distributed to all the demigods. This practice is still followed in the temple of JagannÄtha at PurÄ«. There are many temples of demigods around the main temple of JagannÄtha, and the prasÄda which is offered first to JagannÄtha is distributed to all the demigods. The deity of BhagÄlin is worshiped with the prasÄda of Viṣṇu, and also, in the famous Lord Åšiva temple of BhuvaneÅ›vara, the prasÄda of Lord Viṣṇu or Lord JagannÄtha is offered to the deity of Lord Åšiva. This is the Vaiṣṇava principle. The Vaiṣṇava does not deride even ordinary living entities, including the small ant; everyone is offered proper respect according to his position. The offering, however, is in relation to the center, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, or Viṣṇu. The devotee who is highly elevated sees the relationship to Kṛṣṇa in everything; he does not see anything as being independent of Kṛṣṇa. That is his vision of oneness.
