Text 77) Sri Midhavendra Puri’s Devotional Service 35

TRANSLATION

Many water pots were filled with scented water for drinking, and Lord Sri
Gopila, who had been hungry for many days, ate everything offered to Him.

TEXT 77

Wor carta He Sa-aea Asa |
Sia Se-—wicef Aas CUafa SFA N99 1

yadyapi gopala saba anna-vyafijana khaila
tania hasta-sparse punah temani ha-ila

SYNONYMS
yadyapi—although; gopala—Lord Gopala; saba—all; anna-vyafijana—dahl,
rice and vegetables; khdila—ate; tarira—His; hasta—of the hands; sparse—by the
touch; punah—again; temani—exactly as before; ha-ila—became.

TRANSLATION

Although Sri Gopala ate everything offered, still, by the touch of His tran-
scendental hand, everything remained as before.

PURPORT

The atheists cannot understand how the Supreme Personality of Godhead, ap-
pearing in the form of the Deity, can eat all the food offered by His devotees. In
Bhagavad-gitd Krsna says:

patrarh pusparn phalam toyarn
yo me bhaktyd prayacchati

tad aharn bhakty-upahrtam
asnami prayatatmanah

“If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, | will ac-
cept it.” (Bg. 9.26) The Lord is purna, 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 purna, He remains the same even after
eating. Parnasya pdrnam adaya ptrnam evavasisyate. The food offered to Krsna is
qualitatively as good as Krsna; just as Krsna is avyaya, indestructible, the food
eaten by Krsna, being identical with Him, remains as before.
