HT 6x: Food Offered to Kṛṣṇa Becomes Transcendental
Food Offered to Krsna Becomes Transcendental
In Bhagavad-gita (9.26) Krsna says, "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water, I will accept it. The Lord is pūrna, complete, and therefore He eats everything offered by His devotees. However, by the touch of His transcendental hand, all the food remains exactly as before. It is the quality that is changed. Before the food was offered, it was something else, but after it is offered the food acquires a transcendental quality. Because the Lord is pūrna, He remains the same even after eating. The food offered to Krsna is qualitatively as good as Krsna; just as Krsna is avyaya, indestructible, the food eaten by Krsna, being identical with Him, remains as before. Apart from this, Krsna can eat the food with any one of His transcendental senses. He can eat by seeing the food, or by touching it. Nor should one think that it is necessary for Krsna to eat. He does not become hungry like an ordinary human being; nonetheless, He presents Himself as being hungry, and as such, He can eat everything and anything, regardless of quantity.
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