64 Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers

[If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower,
fruit or water, I will accept it.’] ‘Because it has been
offered to Me with devotion and love” —that is required.
Therefore we do not allow anyone to cook who is not a
devotee. Krsna does not accept anything from the hands of a
nondevotee. Why should He accept? He is not hungry. He
does not require any food. He accepts only the devotion,
that’s all. That is the main point. So one has to become a
devotee. Not a good cook. But if he is a devotee, then he
will be a good cook also. Automatically he will become a
good cook. Therefore one has to become a devotee only.
Then all other good qualifications will automatically be
there. And if he is a nondevotee, any good qualifications
have no value. He is on the mental plane, so he has no good
qualification. [There is a long pause in the conversation.]
SRILA PRABHUPADA: And the time?

SYAMASUNDARA: Six o'clock.

SRILA PRABHUPADA: Questions and answers are required.
They are beneficial to all.

BoB: I still have a question on the prasdda.

SRILA PRABHUPADA: Sita Gosvami says:

munayah sddhu prsto *ham
bhavadbhir loka-mangalam

yat krtah krsna-samprasno
yendtma suprasidati

[‘O sages, I have been justly questioned by you. Your ques-
tions are worthy because they relate to Lord Krsna and so
are relevant to the world’s welfare. Only questions of this
sort are capable of completely satisfying the self?’] Krsna-
samprasnah, that is very good. When you discuss and hear,
that is loka-mangalam, auspicious for everyone. Both the
