Eating in other's house

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KESAVA ARCCA GRHE YASYA NA TISTHATI MAHIPATE

TASYA ANNAM NAIVA BHOKTAVYAM ABHAKSENA SAMAM SMRTAM

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/285 SRI PRAHLADA VAKYA)

 

Oh king, if in any house, there is no Deity of Lord

Krsna, one should not eat any grains from that person because

that food is called uneatable.

 

 

*** EAT ONLY FROM A VAISNAVA***

 

 

VAISNAVANAM HI BHOKTAVYAM PRARTHYANNAM VAISNAVA SADA

AVAISNAVANAM ANNAMTU PARIVARJYAM AMEDHYAVAT

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA (9/279 KURMA PURANA)

 

A Vaisnava should beg food only from another Vaisnava. If

one is not a Vaisnava, even if he is a brahmana, his food should

be rejected as uneatable.

 

@@@@@@@@ NO NON-DEVOTEE BRAHMIN COOKS PLEASE!@@@@@@@@@@@

 

 

PRARTHAYED VAISNAVAD ANNAM PRAYATNENA VACAKSANAH

SARVA PAPA VISUDHYARTHAM TAD ABHAVE JALAM PIVET

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/280 PADMA PURANA)

 

An intelligent person, to remove all of his sins, should

go to a Vaisnava for food. He should make a great endeavor to

approach a Vaisnava to obtain food, but if this unavailable, he

can drink a cup of water at least.

 

 

SROTRIYA ANNAM VAINAVANNAM HUTASESAN CA YADDHAVIH

ANAKHAT SODHAYET PAPAM TUSAGNIH KANAKAM YATHA

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/282 VISNUSMRITI)

 

As a straw fire purifies gold, similarly, grains from a

Vedic person, from a Vaisnava, from a fire sacrifice, these all

purify a person from the toe nail to the Sikha.

 

 

SUDDHAM BHAGAVATASYANNAM SUDDHAM BHAGIRATHI JALAM

SUDDHAM VISNU PARAM CITTAM SUDDHAM EKADASI VRATAM

 

(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 9/283 SKANDA PURANA conversation between

Markandeya and Bhagiratha)

 

Food from the devotee of the Supreme Personality of

Godhead, Ganges water, the mind engaged in the lotus feet of Lord

Visnu and the day of Lord Hari, named Ekadasi. These are all

pure.