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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 7]
distributed. Even today in Jagannātha-kṣetra and other big temples, very palatable dishes are offered to the Deity, and  prasāda  is distributed profusely. Cooked by first-class  brāhmaṇas  with expert knowledge and then distributed to the public, this  prasāda  is also a blessing from the  brāhmaṇas  or Vaiṣṇavas. There are four kinds of  prasāda  ( catur-vidha ). Salty, sweet, sour and pungent tastes are made with different types of spices, and the food is prepared in four divisions, called  carvya ,  cūṣya ,  lehya  and  pehya — prasāda  that is chewed,  prasāda  that is licked,  prasāda  tasted with the tongue, and  prasāda  that is drunk. Thus there are many varieties of  prasāda , prepared very nicely with grains and ghee, offered to the Deity and distributed to the  brāhmaṇas  and Vaiṣṇavas and then to the general public. This is the way of human society. Killing the cows and spoiling the land will not solve the problem of food. This is not civilization. Uncivilized men living in the jungle and being unqualified to produce food by agriculture and cow protection may eat animals, but a perfect human society advanced in knowledge must learn how to produce first-class food simply by agriculture and protection of cows.
TEXT 16
गावः सर्वगुणोपेता वासःस्रयुक्ममालिनीः । 
    आत्मजाभ्युदयार्थाय प्रादात्ते चान्वयुञ्जत ॥१६॥
gāvaḥ sarva-guṇopetā  
 vāsaḥ-srag-rukma-mālinīḥ  
 ātmajābhyudayārthāya  
 prādāt te cānvayuñjata
gāvaḥ —cows;  sarva-guṇa-upetāḥ —being fully qualified by giving sufficient milk, etc.;  vāsaḥ —well dressed;  srak —with flower garlands;  rukma-mālinīḥ —and with garlands of gold;  ātmaja-abhyudaya-arthāya —for the purpose of his son's affluence;  prādāt —gave in charity;  te —those  brāhmaṇas ;  ca —also;  anvayuñjata —accepted them.
TRANSLATION
Nanda Mahārāja, for the sake of the affluence of his own son Kṛṣṇa, gave the  brāhmaṇas  cows fully decorated with garments,