58 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 7

distributed. Even today in Jagannatha-ksetra and other big temples, very
palatable dishes are offered to the Deity, and prasdda is distributed
profusely. Cooked by first-class brahmanas with expert knowledge and
then distributed to the public, this prasdda is also a blessing from the
bréhmanas or Vaisnavas. There are four kinds of prasdda (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, cisya,
lehya and pehya—prasdda that is chewed, prasdda that is licked,
prasdda tasted with the tongue, and prasdda that is drunk. Thus there
are many varieties of prasdda, prepared very nicely with grains and
ghee, offered to the Deity and distributed to the brahmanas and
Vaisnavas 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.

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TA: TATMIA TARAS: |
AAAI MA APTTAT 241

gavah sarva-gunopeta
vdsah-srag-rukma-mdlinih

atmajabhyudayarthaya
pradat te canvayunjata

gavah—cows; sarva-guna-upetah—being fully qualified by giving
sufficient milk, etc.; vdsah—well dressed; srak—with flower garlands;
rukma-mdlinih—and with garlands of gold; dtmaja-abhyudaya-
arthaya—for the purpose of his son’s affluence; prdddt—gave in
charity; te—those brahmanas; ca—also; anvayurjata —accepted them.

TRANSLATION

Nanda Maharaja, for the sake of the affluence of his own son
Krsna, gave the brahmanas cows fully decorated with garments,
