It is also said in the Bhagavat that whatever things one likes very much and are extremely dear to them, all of that should be offered to Me. That must be done especially. What we like very much, that must be offered to God especially. And therefore, it is considered infinitely multiplied. We, Your servant devotees, who are honored with the flower garlands, fragrant substances, clothes, and ornaments used by You, and who partake of Your prasad, have conquered Your maya. Whatever benefit of any object one receives, all of that should be offered to God with a sense of servitude. Commentary As mentioned above, for the loving, continuous remembrance of God's form, those self-dedicated devotees who perform all actions solely for God should also renounce tubers, roots, fruits, etc., that have not been offered to God, so says Shri Hari Hari An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in His four-armed svarup to save an elephant from being killed by a crocodile. He cut off the crocodile’s head with His chakra. Tap to open in glossary → And self-dedicated devotees should not eat even leaves, tubers, fruits, etc., without offering them to God. If water, tubers, roots, fruits, etc., that have not been offered to God are consumed, it is possible that the luster of one's inner self may become dimmed. For the continuous remembrance of God, the purity of food is also propounded. As the Shruti Shruti That which is revealed and heard. Philosophical and spiritual wisdom – as revealed to the rushis after strict tap and deep dhyãn. The four Veds are Shruti shãstras. Tap to open in glossary → So that there is no obstacle in dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → we take such things. But if it has not been made prasad of God, then it is said in the scriptures that the luster of his jiva becomes dimmed. For him, everything started to be acceptable, right? For him, everything started to be acceptable. That is, we had the definition of luster in Raghuvansh, right? Right. If some insult occurs or defeat happens, then he cannot tolerate it even at the cost of his life. If he has to give up his life, he will, but not defeat. It is said that luster is the capacity to overcome defeat. So, such luster requires a vow to bring it into the jiva. If there is no vow, luster does not come. If we say that whatever is available is acceptable, meaning if there is no vow, then luster does not come into the jiva. That is, we would only take what is not prohibited in the scriptures. But if there is no vow to take only God's prasad, then the luster that should come into the jiva, like that of others, of a devotee, does not come. He is not committing any sin. He lives according to the scriptures, but such luster is needed. For the continuous remembrance of God, purity of food is also... If someone uses things after making them Maharaj's prasad, this food is finished in a short time, but other things... What? Food is finished in a short time, but other things that are to be kept for a long time, what kind of feeling should be kept while using them? Of prasad. The basic feeling is that I am a servant of God, so it is the extraordinary duty of God's servant that I should not use anything else except in relation to God. Keep the feeling of servitude and keep the feeling of prasad. No other feeling, nothing else is to be kept in it. But if he does not have the vow of a servant, then the vow of prasad also does not remain. The root cause of the vow of prasad is the vow of a servant, that it is accepted in our jiva that I am a servant of God. So if it is accepted in the jiva itself that I am indeed a servant of God, then he has the vow of a servant. He accepts that I am a servant of God and I must have God's prasad... The very meaning of a servant is that nothing works for me except God's prasad, only then is it called a feeling of servitude. Keep such a feeling. For the continuous remembrance of God, the purity of food is also propounded. As the Shruti Shruti That which is revealed and heard. Philosophical and spiritual wisdom – as revealed to the rushis after strict tap and deep dhyãn. The four Veds are Shruti shãstras. Tap to open in glossary → Inner self... Purity of food, merely by consuming all such substances that are not contrary to dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → But to keep the remembrance of God, prasad is also needed. A relationship with God is also needed, only then does he have continuous remembrance of God. General one who is satvaguni takes it, uses it for the body's physical needs, then that is also called purity of food. But that purity of food is called general purity of food. If one wants to keep continuous remembrance of God, it falls a bit short in that. Therefore, he has to arrange things in relation to God. For the continuous remembrance of God, the purity of food is also propounded. As the Shruti Shruti That which is revealed and heard. Philosophical and spiritual wisdom – as revealed to the rushis after strict tap and deep dhyãn. The four Veds are Shruti shãstras. Tap to open in glossary → Inner self... And the purpose of this prasad is indeed that continuous remembrance remains. To show others that we do not eat anything, we do not eat anything other than God's prasad, standing and beating drums where there is a large crowd is not the meaning. But this is to be done so that continuous remembrance of God remains. For the continuous remembrance of God, the purity of food is also propounded. As the Shruti Shruti That which is revealed and heard. Philosophical and spiritual wisdom – as revealed to the rushis after strict tap and deep dhyãn. The four Veds are Shruti shãstras. Tap to open in glossary → To a devotee of God alone, other than what is offered to God... When we went abroad, a brother showed me a lot of today's modern science regarding water. He showed a video. So the video of plain water is different, and then when offered to God, its video is different. A complete difference comes in its chemicals, in its structure. So the sages must not have made rules just like that. The sages were scientists. They were even more scientific than this, even more scientific than today's scientists. That is, even if God, suppose we offer to God, God may have purified it merely by His sight, but still, the structure of the water changes. Therefore, Maharaj said that if one considers the food of God's prasad and other food to be identical, then he is called an atheist. The food of God's prasad and other food, those two are not identical. Then Maharaj said. Maharaj did not say this by looking at these scientists. Maharaj is the scientist of scientists and He would know that in both of these, all their biochemicals change. The chemical structure of it changes, see. And that was shown in the video, it must have come from somewhere. Certain researches of today are happening a lot. That is, the structure of water changes. Water offered to God and this, its structure changes. Therefore, Maharaj said that food offered to God and other food, remaining hungry on the day of Ekadashi and remaining hungry on the next day, such a sadhu and another non-sadhu, if one holds identical beliefs in all of these, then he is called an atheist. In reality, there is a structure. He does not understand, so he says, 'I see this,' but not everything is visible to the eyes. Not everything suppose if one is an atheist, then everything is visible to him with physical eyes, there is no such thing. Is this gravity visible to everyone with physical eyes? Still, does everyone believe it or not? Whether one is an atheist, do they believe it or not? Scientists believe it, that believes it. Is it visible to physical eyes? Is it visible through any sense organ? Is it visible through the mind? It is not visible anywhere. And still, everyone believes it. That is, to say that we only believe what is visible to our physical eyes, that is a kind of atheistic feeling. This is called being an atheist. If it is said in the scriptures... Now suppose, scientists proved it just recently. Maharaj said it 200 years ago. And in the scriptures, it was said thousands of years ago that, brother, water of God's prasad and other water are different. One who wants to keep continuous remembrance of God, then he should not only drink all this filter water, but also drink God's prasad. By drinking filter water, it is not that merely the inner self becomes pure. Whoever touched it, their impressions also fall upon it, and in that, its biochemicals change. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details