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Śrīla Prabhupāda: No, if made sincerely with devotion, then Kṛṣṇa will like it. Just like Vidura. Vidura was feeding Kṛṣṇa bananas, but he was so absorbed in thought that he was throwing away the real bananas and giving Kṛṣṇa the skin, and Kṛṣṇa was eating. Kṛṣṇa knew that he was giving Him the skins in devotion, and Kṛṣṇa can eat anything, provided there is Similarly, a devotee also takes Kṛṣṇa prasādam whether it is tasty or not.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: If devotion is not there, Kṛṣṇa doesn’t like any food, either tasty or not tasty.

Kṛṣṇa, this means we are in touch with Kṛṣṇa and all His energies. That is complete by saying “Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.” Rādhā represents all the energies of Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Lord. The whole world is not serving Kṛṣṇa. That is the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.

If there is no devotion, Kṛṣṇa does not accept anything, whether in India or in your country. Lord Kṛṣṇa is not obliged to accept anything costly because it is very tasty. Kṛṣṇa has very many tasty dishes in Vaikuṇṭha. He is not hankering after your food. Kṛṣṇa does not accept any food of this material world. He accepts only the devotion.

But when a cow comes, immediately she pushes her mouth in.

But he gives preference to Kṛṣṇa. Suppose I like something but Kṛṣṇa says, “No, you cannot use it.” I give it up for Kṛṣṇa’s sake. Positively, Kṛṣṇa says, “I like these things.” Therefore all the gopīs are trying to push Rādhārāṇī to Kṛṣṇa. “Kṛṣṇa likes this gopī. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness – to satisfy the senses of Kṛṣṇa, not to satisfy my senses. That is called prema, love for Kṛṣṇa. “Ah, Kṛṣṇa likes this. I must give Him this.”

Śyāmasundara: Once you said that sometimes you feel sickness or pain due to the sinful activities of

Kṛṣṇa does not accept anything from the hands of a nondevotee. Why should He accept?

Śrīla Prabhupāda: No, he has full individuality for pleasing Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa says, “You surrender unto Me.” So he voluntarily surrenders. But when he accepted Kṛṣṇa as his spiritual master, he became a disciple. Then whatever Kṛṣṇa ordered, he said yes. That doesn’t mean he lost his individuality. He voluntarily accepted: “Whatever Kṛṣṇa says, I shall do it.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda: Rādhārāṇī, Kṛṣṇa’s consort.

anāsaktasya viṣayān yathārham upayuñjataḥ nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe yuktaṁ vairāgyam ucyate

material world may be completely enamored by material life, and they don’t want to undergo any austerity or

Kṛṣṇa states that in the Bhagavad-gītā [7.14]:

Or just like all my disciples: they have not lost their individuality, but they have surrendered their It does not mean that I am not hungry or cannot eat. But we voluntarily fast.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: A perfected soul is one who engages twenty-four hours a day in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That Kṛṣṇa states in the Bhagavad-gītā [8.15]:

Śrīla Prabhupāda: You see, Kṛṣṇa says, ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ: “I will deliver Kṛṣṇa is so powerful that He can take up all the sins of others and immediately make them right. But when a living entity acts on behalf of Kṛṣṇa, he also takes the responsibility for the sinful activities So sometimes – because he is not Kṛṣṇa – there is some trouble.

Of course, when the spiritual master is suffering, Kṛṣṇa saves him. Kṛṣṇa thinks, ”Oh, he has taken so much responsibility for delivering fallen persons.” So Kṛṣṇa says, kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati: “O son of Kuntī, declare it boldly that The spiritual master is protected because he takes the risk on account of Kṛṣṇa.

A devotee: But suppose someone prepares something for Kṛṣṇa but does not make it so nicely.

Everyone else is engaged in Kṛṣṇa’s service, but I am not engaged.” Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Oh, I have not a pinch of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. I cry to make a show. If I had been a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, I would have died long ago. But I am living. That is the proof that I do not love Kṛṣṇa.” That is the vision of the best devotee. He is so much absorbed in Kṛṣṇa’s love that he says, “Everyone else is a devotee, but I am the lowest

Kṛṣṇa must be offered first-class foods. But Kṛṣṇa can accept anything if it is offered by a devotee, and a devotee can accept any prasādam, even Hiraṇyakaśipu gave his son poison, and after offering it to Kṛṣṇa the son drank it as nectar and remained