Madhya 6.226

TEXT 226

TEXT

ন দেশনিয়মস্তত্র ন কালনিয়মস্তথা ।
প্রাপ্তমন্নং দ্রুতং শিষ্টৈর্ভোক্তব্যং হরিরব্রবীৎ ॥ ২২৬ ॥

na desa-niyamas tatra

na kala-niyamas tatha

praptam annam drutam sistair

bhoktavyam harir abravit

SYNONYMS

na-not; desa-of the country; niyamah-regulation; tatra-in that; na-not; kala-of time; niyamah-regulation; tatha-so also; praptam-received; annam-prasada; drutam-hastily; sistaih-by gentlemen; bhoktavyam-to be eaten; harih-the Lord; abravit-has said.

TRANSLATION

"'The prasada of Lord Krsna is to be eaten by gentlemen as soon as it is received; there should be no hesitation. There are no regulative principles concerning time and place. This is the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.'"

PURPORT

These verses are quoted from the Padma Purana.