​How does the food offered to Krishna purify us?

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So how does prasadam purify when you offer the food to Krishna Krishna is pavitranam pavitramyo mangalanam chamangalam that he is the most pure among all pure he is the most auspicious among all auspicious things so anything that comes in contact with Krishna that becomes pure so when you offer the food to Krishna at that time Krishna is omnipotent so Krishna doesn’t have to physically consume the food Krishna can just glance with his eyes all his senses have the potency of the other senses so even when Krishna glances at the food he actually by the glance he is accepting it and when he accepts it the food becomes purified by contact with him so the food that we offer is actually a means for expressing affection just like say in usually in culture families you know if you go to visit some relative or you go to visit some friends you know we make it say take a tiffin or we get a small box in which we made some nice some delicacies for them and then say one child goes from one house to another house then the mother may give some tiffin with some sweets over there and somebody seeing from outside ok the tiffin went inside and then when the child is returning from this family back that family also they will not give the tiffin empty they will fill it with some other sweets and then give it back from the external point of view the same tiffin is going in the same tiffin is coming out but internally what is happening there is reciprocation you know the sweet that went in that expressed the affection of this family for that family and the sweet that is coming out that is expressing the affection of this family for that family now so like that for us when we offer food to Krishna that food is an expression of our bhakti for Krishna and that’s why when we offer bhoga we try to cook with devotional attitude we try to have maybe have some kirtan or something like that going on when we are cooking the food we offer the food to Krishna properly prayerfully and so then our bhakti is being offered to Krishna and then when Krishna accepts it Krishna gives his kripa his mercy so the food externally remains the same just as the box remains the same but when our bhakti goes to Krishna, Krishna reciprocates by giving his kripa and when his mercy comes through the food those who eat the food they become purified so now prasadam purifies prasadam is a means to purification but it is not the only means to purification that means if I just take prasad I don’t do anything else I’ll be purified but whenever there is anything spiritual manifesting in this world the spiritual manifestation also follows usually doesn’t violate the material laws that means if I have the Bhagavad Gita Bhagavad Gita is a very sacred book but if I put the Bhagavad Gita in water the pages will get spoilt so the Bhagavad Gita’s spirituality is not seen by if I put the Bhagavad Gita in water does it get spoilt or not that’s not the way to see it but if I study the Bhagavad Gita I approach it with a devotional attitude then its wisdom will illumine me so like that prasadam also it will follow the material laws so if I over eat it may cause me stomach upset if I over eat I may become fat all that is possible but that material laws apply but above the material there is a spiritual reality that when we take prasadam because Krishna’s mercy is there it purifies us and then the extent to which it purifies us will depend on how much is our devotional disposition also so if we take prasadam with a very devotional attitude prayerful attitude then the purification is much more but overall anything that has contact with Krishna that purifies and prasad is actually because it has been offered to Krishna it is permeated with his mercy and that’s how it is purifying. Does it answer your question?