Shloka : 151

श्रीकृष्णगुरु़साधुनां दर्शनार्थं गतौ पथि ।

तत्स्थानेषु च न ग्राह्यं परान्नं निजपुण्यह्रत् ॥ 151 ॥

અને શ્રીકૃષ્ણભગવાન, તથા પોતાના ગુરુ, તથા સાધુ એમનાં દર્શન કરવાને અર્થે ગયેસતે, માર્ગને વિષે પારકું અન્ન ખાવું નહિ; તથા શ્રીકૃષ્ણભગવાન તથા પોતાના ગુરુ તથા સાધુ તેમનાં જે સ્થાનક, તેમને વિષે પણ પારકું અન્ન ખાવું નહિ; કેમ જે, તે પારકું અન્ન તો પોતાના પુણ્યને હરિ લે એવું છે; માટે પોતાની ગાંઠનું ખર્ચ ખાવું. ॥ 151 ॥

And while going for the ‘Darshan’ of Shri Krishna Bhagwan, one’s own Guru, saint etc, on the way one should not eat food offered by someone else. Moreover, at the places of pilgrimage of Shri Krishna Bhagwan, one’s own Guru and that of saints, one should not eat food offered by someone else because the food offered by someone can steal one’s holy deeds therefore one should spend for one’s own food. || 151 ||

Commentary

While visiting the Ultimate Supreme God Shri Hari Krishna Bhag­wan, one’s own Guru who teaches the knowledge of God and unites one with Shri Hari, saints means the celibates and saints who have renounced everything and the Satsangi devotees of Shri Hari who are full of saintly virtues on the way as well as at their places i.e. in the temple of God etc. one should not eat the food offered by someone else, because it has been mentioned that such food can steal one’s holy deeds. If a person visits a place of pilgrimage and performs religious rites, Yagya, recitation, meditation, worship etc. and he eats the food offered by someone else, the reward of these holy deeds goes to the person who has offered food.