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==== TEXT 53 ====

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:apavitra anna eka thālite bhariyā
:prabhu-āge nila ‘mahā-prasāda’ baliyā
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==== SYNONYMS ====

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''[//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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==== TRANSLATION ====

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Having made their plot, the Buddhists brought a plate of untouchable food before Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and called it mahā-prasādam.
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==== PURPORT ====

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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|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-gita As It Is (1972)|''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.
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