# Prasādam *17 references in Bhagavad-gītā As It Is* * as best type food, *[[bg/17/8-10#purport|Bg. 17.8-10]]* * as diet for suffering patient, **[[bg/6/35#translation|Bg. 6.35]]** * as means to control tongue, **[[bg/13/8-12#translation|Bg. 13.8-12]]** * as method for attaining Kṛṣṇa, *[[bg/11/55#purport|Bg. 11.55]]* * as principle of bhakti-yoga, **[[bg/12/10#translation|Bg. 12.10]]** * automatically reduces eating, *[[bg/4/29#purport|Bg. 4.29]]* * counteracts contamination of material nature, *[[bg/3/14#purport|Bg. 3.14]]* * fitness of foodstuffs discussed, *[[bg/6/17#purport|Bg. 6.17]]* * frees forefathers from ghost bodies, **[[bg/1/41#translation|Bg. 1.41]]** * Kṛṣṇa accepts a leaf, flower, fruit or water, [[bg/9/26|Bg. 9.26]], **[[bg/9/27#translation|Bg. 9.27]]** * Nārada freed from sin by taking, **[[bg/9/2#translation|Bg. 9.2]]** * not taken by Haridāsa Ṭhākur until rounds chanted, *[[bg/6/17#purport|Bg. 6.17]]* * one should eat only, **[[bg/6/17#translation|Bg. 6.17]]** * palatable long after preparation, *[[bg/17/8-10#purport|Bg. 17.8-10]]* * recommended by Caitanya, [[bg/6/24|Bg. 6.24]] * taken by devotee, rejected by nondevotee, [[bg/10/63|Bg. 10.63]]