Prasādī—food offered to Lord Jagannātha.

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Prasadi-food offered to Lord Jagannatha.

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Previous: Prasada, or prasadam-"the mercy of Lord Krsna." Food prepared for the pleasure of Krsna and offered to Him with love and devotion. Because Krsna tastes the offering, the food becomes spiritualized and purifies anyone who eats it. Literally, mercy. When sattvic foods (milk, grains, fruits, vegetables, sugar and legumes) prepared by a devotee are offered to the Deity of Krsna as prescribed in the system of bhakti-yoga, the offering is transformed into prasadam, the mercy of the Lord. Prasadam is delicious, nourishing but most important, transcendental. Ordinary food, unoffered to Krsna, breeds karmic reactions for every mouthful that is eaten, because so many living entities gave up their lives during the preparation. But food offered to Krsna is freed of sin and invokes an attraction to Krsna in whomever accepts it. See Bhakti-yoga. See also: Maha-prasadam Next: Prasannatma-joyfulness attained when one is relieved from material conceptions.