66 Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers

Let us say some devotee has some trouble and does not eat a
certain type of food —like some devotees do not eat ghee be-
cause of liver trouble. So these devotees, should they take all
the prasada?

SRILA PRABHUPADA: No, no. Those who are not perfect
devotees may discriminate. But a perfect devotee does not
discriminate. Why should you imitate a perfect devotee? So
long as you have discrimination, you are not a perfect devo-
tee. So why should you artificially imitate a perfect devotee
and eat everything?

BOB: Oh.

SRILA PRABHUPADA: The point is, a perfect devotee does
not make any discrimination. Whatever is offered to Krsna
is nectar. That’s all. Krsna accepts anything from a devotee.
“Whatever is offered to Me by My devotee,’ He accepts.
The same thing for a devotee. Don’t you see the point? A
perfect devotee does not make any discrimination. But if I
am not a perfect devotee and I have discrimination, why
shall I imitate the perfect devotee? It may not be possible
for me to digest everything because I am not a perfect devo-
tee. A devotee should not be a foolish man. It is said:

krsna ye bhaje se bada catura

So a devotee knows his position, and he is intelligent
enough to deal with others accordingly.
