आचार्यं ज्ञानसम्पन्नं वस्त्राभरणधेनुभि: । तोषयेदृत्विजश्चैव तद्विद्ध्याराधनं हरे: ॥ ५३ ॥
acaryam jnana-sampannam vastrabharana-dhenubhih tosayed rtvijas caiva tad viddhy aradhanam hareh
- acaryam
- the spiritual master
- jnana-sampannam
- very advanced in spiritual knowledge
- vastra-abharana-dhenubhih
- with clothing, ornaments and many cows
- tosayet
- should satisfy
- rtvijah
- the priests recommended by the spiritual master
- ca eva
- as well as
- tat viddhi
- try to understand that
- aradhanam
- worship
- hareh
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
One should satisfy the spiritual master (acarya), who is very learned in Vedic literature, and should satisfy his assistant priests (known as hota, udgata, adhvaryu and brahma). One should please them by offering them clothing, ornaments and cows. This is the ceremony called visnu-aradhana, or worship of Lord Visnu.