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the yajfia-purusa, Visnu. In Bhagavad-gita (Bg. 3.13) it is said that one who
accepts foodstuffs as the remnants of sacrifice is freed from all sinful
reactions, and one who cooks foodstuffs for maintenance of his body
takes in all kinds of sins, which lead only to suffering. The foodstuffs
prepared by the Yadus at the Prabhasa pilgrimage site to offer to the bona
fide brahmanas there were all offered to the Personality of Godhead,
Visnu. They offered their sincere obeisances by touching their heads to
the ground. The Yadus or any enlightened family in Vedic culture are
trained for attainment of human perfection by total cooperation of service
between the different divisions of social orders.

The word uru-rasam is also significant here. Hundreds of delicacies can
be prepared simply by the combination of grains, vegetables and milk.
All such preparations are in the mode of goodness and therefore can be
offered to the Personality of Godhead. As stated in Bhagavad-gita
(Bg. 9.26), the Lord accepts only foodstuffs which are within the range of
fruits, flowers, leaves and liquids, provided they are offered in complete
devotional service. )evotional service is the only criterion for a bona fide
offering to the Lord. The Lord assures that He positively eats such food-
stuffs offered by the devotees. So, judging from all sides, the Yadus were
perfectly trained civilized persons, and their being cursed by the brahmana
sages was only by the desire of the Lord; the whole incident was a warning
to all concerned that no one should behave lightly with brahmanas and
Vaisnavas.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Chapter, Third
Canto, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “The Lord’s Pastimes Out of
Vrndavana.”
