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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.53
অপবিত্র অন্ন এক থালিতে ভরিয়া ।
প্রভু-আগে নিল ‘মহাপ্রসাদ’ বলিয়া ॥ ৫৩ ॥
apavitra anna eka thālite bhariyā
prabhu-āge nila ‘mahā-prasāda’ baliyā
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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The Buddhists brought unacceptable food before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and called it mahā-prasādam. The term apavitra anna means food unacceptable for a Vaiṣṇava.
A Vaiṣṇava must avoid the company of an avaiṣṇava. Food offered by an avaiṣṇava merely in the name of mahā-prasādam should not be accepted.
Ordinary food cooked by an avaiṣṇava is not acceptable as mahā-prasādam, even if cooked without fault. The purport explains that preachers may accept food in an avaiṣṇava’s home if it is offered to the Deity.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 9.53 quotesCC Madhya 22.87
Asat-saṅga-tyāga, — ei vaiṣṇava-ācāra. A Vaiṣṇava must be very strict in this respect and should not at all cooperate with an avaiṣṇava.
The purport of CC Madhya 9.53 quotesBG 9.26
According to Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.26):
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Rāmeśvara. At Śrī Śaila-parvata, the Lord met Lord Śiva and his wife Durgā in the dress of a brāhmaṇa and brāhmaṇī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cooked”, “offered”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
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In this verse: “company of”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I understand the distinction between food called mahā-prasādam and food properly offered to the Lord?
Before accepting food described as mahā-prasādam, ask how it was offered to the Lord.
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