What is the significance of offering bhoga to Lord Krishna only for 7 minutes?

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Thank you Question from Devonil Dutta Prabhu Why do we offer bhoga to lord Krishna only for 7 minutes Answer 7 minutes is not an absolute standard, the essential principle is that we treat lord Krishna as a lord of our house or as an honourable guest whom we invited to our house and we treat him personally so depending on the meal that we have offered to him and how much time it would take naturally for that meal to be taken, the offering time will vary so in the temple when the deity worship is done especially when the proper lunch is offered then the bhoga is kept in front of Krishna for nearly half an hour other meals which may involve just some fruits or some lighter items, they can be kept for lesser amount of time so the essential principle is that we offer bhoga to Krishna in a way that we treat him as a person he is a person and to the extent we realize and treat him as a person, to that extent we deepen our personal relationship with Krishna so the time is not the absolute, the specific figure of the time is not the absolute standard it is the essential principle of reciprocation that matters and for many devotees who are living as householders if it is not practical to offer bhoga for 15 minutes, for half an hour whatever, then if the intention is to serve Krishna and the intention is sincere and devotional, then even if one offers bhoga for a lesser amount of time Krishna will accept it so the important principle is that we treat Krishna as a person and we offer our devotion to him through the medium of the food