Text 771
Ššří Mždhavendra Puřičs Devotional Service
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TRANSIATION
Many water pots were filled with scented water for drinking, and Lord Śri Gopāla, who had been hungry for many days, ate everything offered to Him.
TEXT 77
মছাপি গোপাল সব অন্ন-ব্যঙ্কন খাইল । তাঁর হস্ত-স্পর্শে পুনঃ তেমনি হইল ॥ ৭৭ ॥
yadyapi gopāla saba anna-vyañjana khāila tāṅra hasta-sparśe punah temani ha-ila
SYNONYMS
yadyapi —although;  gopāla —Lord Gopāla;  saba —all;  anna-vyañjana —dahl, rice and vegetables;  khāila —ate;  tāṅra —His;  hasta —of the hands;  sparśe —by the touch;  punaḥ —again;  temani —exactly as before;  ha-ila —became.
TRANSLATION
Although Śrī Gopāla ate everything offered, still, by the touch of His transcendental hand, everything remained as before.
PURPORT
The atheists cannot understand how the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appearing in the form of the Deity, can eat all the food offered by His devotees. In  Bhagavad-gītā  Kṛṣṇa says:
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, fruit or water, I will accept it.” (Bg. 9.26) The Lord is  pūrṇa , 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  pūrṇa , He remains the same even after eating.  Pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate . The food offered to Kṛṣṇa is qualitatively as good as Kṛṣṇa; just as Kṛṣṇa is  avyaya , indestructible, the food eaten by Kṛṣṇa, being identical with Him, remains as before.