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''apavitra'' | ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=apavitra&tab=syno_o&ds=1 apavitra]'' — polluted; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anna&tab=syno_o&ds=1 anna]'' — food; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=eka&tab=syno_o&ds=1 eka]'' — one; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=thālite&tab=syno_o&ds=1 thālite]'' — plate; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhariyā&tab=syno_o&ds=1 bhariyā]'' — filling; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prabhu&tab=syno_o&ds=1 prabhu]-[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āge&tab=syno_o&ds=1 āge]'' — in front of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=nila&tab=syno_o&ds=1 nila]'' — brought; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mahā&tab=syno_o&ds=1 mahā]-[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prasāda&tab=syno_o&ds=1 prasāda] [//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=baliyā&tab=syno_o&ds=1 baliyā]'' — calling it ''mahā-prasādam''. | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:10, 20 February 2024
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 53
- apavitra anna eka thālite bhariyā
- prabhu-āge nila ‘mahā-prasāda’ baliyā
SYNONYMS
apavitra — polluted; anna — food; eka — one; thālite — plate; bhariyā — filling; prabhu-āge — in front of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; nila — brought; mahā-prasāda baliyā — calling it mahā-prasādam.
TRANSLATION
Having made their plot, the Buddhists brought a plate of untouchable food before Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and called it mahā-prasādam.
PURPORT
The word apavitra anna refers to food that is unacceptable for a Vaiṣṇava. In other words, a Vaiṣṇava cannot accept any food offered by an avaiṣṇava in the name of mahā-prasādam. This should be a principle for all Vaiṣṇavas. When asked, “What is the behavior of a Vaiṣṇava?” Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “A Vaiṣṇava must avoid the company of an avaiṣṇava [asat].” The word asat refers to an avaiṣṇava, that is, one who is not a Vaiṣṇava. Asat-saṅga-tyāga,—ei vaiṣṇava-ācāra (CC Madhya 22.87). A Vaiṣṇava must be very strict in this respect and should not at all cooperate with an avaiṣṇava. If an avaiṣṇava offers food in the name of mahā-prasādam, it should not be accepted. Such food cannot be prasādam because an avaiṣṇava cannot offer anything to the Lord. Sometimes preachers in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement have to accept food in a home where the householder is an avaiṣṇava; however, if this food is offered to the Deity, it can be taken. Ordinary food cooked by an avaiṣṇava should not be accepted by a Vaiṣṇava. Even if an avaiṣṇava cooks food without fault, he cannot offer it to Lord Viṣṇu, and it cannot be accepted as mahā-prasādam. According to Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 9.26):
- patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati
- tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ
“If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, I will accept it.”
Kṛṣṇa can accept anything offered by His devotee with devotion. An avaiṣṇava may be a vegetarian and a very clean cook, but because he cannot offer Viṣṇu the food he cooks, it cannot be accepted as mahā-prasādam. It is better that a Vaiṣṇava abandon such food as untouchable.