Srimad Bhagavatam — Ashtama Skandha, Shloka 56
Aditi’s Lament and Kaśyapa’s Instruction of the Payo-vrata (Milk Vow) to Please Keśava
भुक्तवत्सु च सर्वेषु दीनान्धकृपणादिषु । विष्णोस्तत्प्रीणनं विद्वान्भुञ्जीत सह बन्धुभि: ॥ ५६ ॥
bhuktavatsu ca sarveṣu dīnāndha-kṛpaṇādiṣu viṣṇos tat prīṇanaṁ vidvān bhuñjīta saha bandhubhiḥ
ក្រោយពេលមនុស្សទាំងអស់—ទាំងអ្នកក្រីក្រ អ្នកពិការភ្នែក អ្នកកំណាញ់ និងអ្នកដទៃ—បានបរិភោគរួច អ្នកប្រតិបត្តិយជ្ញគួរដឹងថា ព្រះវិṣṇu ពេញព្រះហឫទ័យយ៉ាងខ្លាំង នៅពេលមនុស្សទាំងអស់បានឆ្អែតដោយវិṣṇu-ប្រាសាទ (viṣṇu-prasāda) ហើយបន្ទាប់មកគាត់គួរទទួលប្រាសាទជាមួយសាច់ញាតិមិត្តភក្តិ។
FAQs
This verse teaches that feeding the poor, blind, and other distressed persons is a way to please Lord Viṣṇu, and only after such service should one eat, as sanctified prasāda.
In the Bhagavatam’s devotional ethic, eating becomes spiritually meaningful when it follows service and offerings meant to satisfy Viṣṇu—turning one’s meal into prasāda rather than mere enjoyment.
Before personal consumption, set aside food or resources for the needy, support prasāda distribution, and cultivate the mood that one’s household eating is connected to service and gratitude to Viṣṇu.