Dear Swamin, Here is the basis: ya-jn^a-shi-SHTA-shi-nah sa-nto mu-chya-nte sa-rva-ki-lbi-SHaih | bhu-n^ja-te te tva-gham pA-pA ye pa-cha-ntyA-tma-kA-ra-Nat || || Bhagavad-Gita III-13|| The righteous people consume food remaining after being offered to a ya-jn^a and are thus released from all evils; but the wicked, who prepare food for their own sake, indeed eat only sin! ya-jn^a-shi-SHTa (remnants of a yajn^a, food remaining after performance of an yajn^a, remannats of fire offering, food offered in worship). Note: The BEST yagna as per BG X-25c is JAPA (ya-jn^A-nAm ja-pa ya-jn^ah a-smi). Thus if we mentally offer food to God and eat it as prasadam, it is sanctified food. Otherwise, we are eating only sin! This can be done wherever we are. No need to rush to nearest PerumAL sannidhi. a-shi-nah (eating, consume) sa-ntah (the righteous, good, devotees, true) mu-chya-nte (they are released, are liberated, are freed) sa-rva (all kinds of) ki-lbi-SHaih (from sins, from wrongs, from evils). bhu-n^ja-te (eat, relish, enjoy) te (they, those) tu (indeed, but) a-gham (sin, impurity, pain, suffering) pA-pAh (the wicked, sinners, the evil ones, sinful ones) ye (who) pa-cha-nti (prepare food, they cook, they digest) A-tma (own, self) kA-ra-Nat (for the sake of) Thus, simply taking Lord's name or any hymn you are familiar with is fine. Remember, eating food is traditionally referred to as PerumAl amshe. Some popular shlokas from BG used for offering amshe are: bra-hmA-rpa-Nam bra-hma ha-vih bra-hmA-gnau bra-hma-NA hu-tam | bra-hmai-va te-na ga-nta-vyam bra-hma-ka-rma-sa-mA-dhi-nA ||IV-24|| ||Bhagavad-Gita IV-24|| Brahman is the offering, Brahman is the clarified butter, Brahman is the fire to which Brahman makes the offering; Brahman indeed is to be attained by one who is absorbed in action, which is also Brahman. bra-hma (Brahman) a-rpa-Nam (the oblation, offering) bra-hma (Brahman) ha-vih (the clarified butter, ghee) bra-hma (Brahman) a-gnau (in the fire) bra-hma-NA (by Brahman) hu-tam (poured/offered into the sacred fire) | bra-hma (Brahman) e-va (indeed) te-na (by it, by him) ga-nta-vyam (shall be reached, to be accomplished) bra-hma-ka-rma (action is Brahman) sa-mA-dhi-nA (is absorbed, in contemplation) || {bra-hma-ka-rma-sa-mA-dhi-nA (by one who is absorbed in action which is Brahman)} a-ham vai-shvA-na-ro bhU-tvA prA-Ni-nAm de-ha-mA-shri-tah | prA-NA-pA-na-sa-mA-yu-ktah pa-chA-mya-nnam cha-tu-rvi-dham ||xv-14|| (Bhagavd-Gita XV-14) Having entered the bodies of creatures as digestive fire and working in concert with in-coming and out-going breaths, I digest four kinds of food. a-ham (I) vai-shvA-na-rah [the fire vai-shvA-na-ra (the digestive fire )] bhU-tvA (having become, becoming, as) prA-Ni-nAm (of the breathing, of living beings) de-ham (body) A-shri-tah (entering, joining, inhabiting) | prA-Na (inhalation, vital breath, in-coming breath) a-pA-na (exhalation, abdominal breath, out-going breath) sa-mA-yu-ktah (associated with, united with) {prA-NA-pA-na-sa-mA-yu-ktah (joined/together with inhalation and exhalation) pa-chA-mi(I digest) a-nnam (food) cha-tu-rvi-dham (of four kinds) ||xv-14|| dAsan KST -----Original Message----- From: Sumathy Srinivasan <aiyarsks@xxxxxxxxx> To: SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 5:37 am Subject: [SriRangaSri] Thanx for the sloka's and request for resolution of one more query To all dearÂÂVaishnava's Thanks for the promptÂresponseÂto the request for obtainingÂShri and Bhu sloka's. I feel highly grateful to all of yours kind gesture. IÂbeg to place one more request and that pertains to obtaining knowedgeÂon Âany sloka/mantra which one should utter while offeringÂfood to the lord.Futhermore ,the procedure for offering naivedium before eaing anything ,mayÂplease beÂexplained in case pure food is partaken at home,ÂasÂwell as outside.  Thanks and regards  Sashikant   Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! 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