Srila Prabhupada....“Regarding your question about offering Prasadam, whatever is offered to the Deity actually it goes through the Spiritual Master. The Spiritual Master offers to Lord Caitanya, and Lord Caitanya offers it to Krishna. Then Radha Krishna eats, or Jagannatha eats, then Caitanya Mahaprabhu eats, then the Spiritual Master eats, and it becomes Mahaprasadam. So when you offer something, you think like that and chant the Gayatri mantra, and then everything is complete. At last, ring the bell, take out the plate and wipe the place where the plate was kept.”
16 June, 1969 New Vrindaban Srlla Prabhupada'sLetter to Arundhati:
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offering bhoga; Ananta Sesa dasa, Bh.S., PH.D. on October 1, 2014 at 8:40
namah om vishnu padaya, krsna presthaya bhutale
srimate bhaktivedanta swami, iti namine
namaste sarasvati deve, gaura vani pracarine, nirvisesa sunnyavada, pascatya-desa tarine
namo maha vadanyaya
krishna prema pradayate
krishnaya-krishna-chaitanya
namna-gaure-tvishe namaha
namo brahmanya devaya
go brahmanya hitayacha
jagat hitaya krishnaya
govindaya namo namaha
My understanding is that when offering prasadam that one should chant these verses three times each.
Srila Prabhupada....“Regarding your question about offering Prasadam, whatever is offered to the Deity actually it goes through the Spiritual Master. The Spiritual Master offers to Lord Caitanya, and Lord Caitanya offers it to Krishna. Then Radha Krishna eats, or Jagannatha eats, then Caitanya Mahaprabhu eats, then the Spiritual Master eats, and it becomes Mahaprasadam. So when you offer something, you think like that and chant the Gayatri mantra, and then everything is complete. At last, ring the bell, take out the plate and wipe the place where the plate was kept.”
16 June, 1969 New Vrindaban Srlla Prabhupada'sLetter to Arundhati: