Shloka : 58

हरेर्विधाय नैवेद्यं भोज्यं प्रासादिकं तत: ।

कृष्णसेवापरै: प्रीत्या भवितव्यं च तै: सदा ॥ 58 ॥

અને પછી શ્રીકૃષ્ણભગવાનને નૈવેદ્ય કરીને, પછી તે પ્રસાદી એવું જે અન્ન તે જમવું. અને તે જે આત્મનિવેદી વૈષ્ણવ, તેમણે સર્વકાળને વિષે પ્રીતિએ કરીને શ્રીકૃષ્ણભગવાનની સેવાપરાયણ થવું. ॥ 58 ॥

And then Shri Krishna Bhagwan should be offered food and one should eat these blessed offerings. The completely surrendered Vaishnav devotee (Atmanivedi) should always offer their selfless services to Shri Krishna Bhagwan with full devotion. || 58 ||

Commentary

After reciting the name of Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan who is 'Hari' i.e. who destroys the darkness of ignorance, one should offer food to Shri Hari and eat that blessed food after­wards. The devotees of Shriji Maharaj should never consume anything without offering it to Shri Hari. They should drink water only after offering it to Shriji Maharaj. Moreover, they should eat the offered food with due reverence and not indulge into its taste. Because an ignorant who is driven by the pleas­ures of tongue, attains the descent from the path of God.

And the absolute devotees of Shriji Maharaj should always be eager to serve Shriji Maharaj with full devotion and not due to distress or due to hypocracy. Now, with full devotion means with great affection and full involvement of body and mind. One should serve with full ecstacy in body and voice. Because God does not accept the services offered without any feelings. Such detached and fully devoted devotees of Shriji Maharaj do not get attached to any other living beings or things. Such devotees surpass all the obstacles and attain unity with Shriji Maharaj. Moreover, one should always offer services with devotion i.e. one should not give up the remembrance of God even for a second. A devotee, who is fully involved with God through mind and heart, is consid­ered to be the best among the devotees of God.