In the Bhagavad-gita the Lord has expressed
His willingness to accept fruits, flowers, leaves,
and water from His devotee when they have
been offered to Him in devotional affection.

The Lord can eat anything and everything, be-

, cause everything is but a transformation of His

own energy. But when there is a question of offer-

ing Him something, the offerings must be within

the range of the eatables the Lord has ordered.

We cannot offer the Lord that which He has not
ordered. The Personality of Godhead, Sr Krsna,
{ cannot be offered anything beyond the range of
good foodstuffs like rice, dahl, wheat, vegetables,
milk and milk preparations, and sugar. At Jagan-
nath Purl the Lord is offered such foodstuffs, and
in all scriptures the very same foodstuffs are men-
tioned everywhere.

‘ The Lord is never hungry, nor does He require
any food to fill His empty stomach. He is complete
in Himself. Yet He always mercifully eats the foods
| offered by His devotees in sincere affection. The

cowherd boys brought simple foodstuffs from
home, and the Lord, who is constantly served by
hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune,
is always glad to accept such simple foodstuffs
> from His devotee friends. All the relatives of the
Lord are His devotees only, and they are situated
in different transcendental mellows as friends, par-
ents, and lovers. The Lord derives transcendental
pleasure by accepting services from His various
* grades of devotees, who are situated in various
grades of rasas. These transcendental rasas are
pervertedly reflected in the material atmosphere,
and thus the Spiritual living being, out of ignorance
only, vainly seeks the same bliss in matter.s=
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