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If somebody offers Me (Krsna) flower, fruits, vegetables, milk with devotional love, I accept and eat.- Now how He's eating, that you cannot see in the present - but He is eating

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""If somebody offers Me flower, fruits, vegetables, milk with devotional love, I accept and eat." Now how He's eating, that you cannot see in the present—but He is eating"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

"If somebody offers Me flower, fruits, vegetables, milk with devotional love, I accept and eat." Now how He's eating, that you cannot see in the present—but He is eating. That we are experiencing daily. We are offering Kṛṣṇa, according to the ritualistic process, and you see the taste of the food is changed immediately. That is practical. He eats, but because He is full, He does not eat like us. Just like if I give you a plate of foodstuff, you finish. But God is not hungry, but He eats. He eats and keeps the things as it is. Pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate (Īśo Invocation).

God has eyes. He can see even in the darkness. You cannot see in the darkness. So He has got a different eye. God can hear. If you are . . . God is in His kingdom, which is millions and millions of miles away, but if you are talking something, whispering, conspiracy, He can hear. Because He is sitting within you.

So you cannot avoid God's seeing and God's hearing or God's touching. Just like in the Bhagavad-gītā it is said:

patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ
yo me bhaktyā prayacchati
tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam
aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ
(BG 9.26)

"If somebody offers Me flower, fruits, vegetables, milk with devotional love, I accept and eat." Now how He's eating, that you cannot see in the present—but He is eating. That we are experiencing daily. We are offering Kṛṣṇa, according to the ritualistic process, and you see the taste of the food is changed immediately. That is practical.

He eats, but because He is full, He does not eat like us. Just like if I give you a plate of foodstuff, you finish. But God is not hungry, but He eats. He eats and keeps the things as it is. Pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate (Īśo Invocation).

God is so full, that He can take all the foodstuff that you offer; still it remains as it is. He can eat with His eyes. That is stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā: aṅgāni yasya sakalendriya-vṛttimanti (Bs. 5.32).

Page Title:If somebody offers Me (Krsna) flower, fruits, vegetables, milk with devotional love, I accept and eat.- Now how He's eating, that you cannot see in the present - but He is eating
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-04-24, 08:31:57
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1