For them, this is prasad
Malati dasi: There was a big hundi and we'd empty the coins every day, and the next day we'd go on a walk. Prabhupada would have us give the coins to the lepers and other afflicted people. There was a whole colony of these people as part of the Mela. They'd come to the Mela to get the blessings of the sadhus and to get some paisas, they have to live. So one devotee one morning stopped and said, "Well, wouldn't it be better if we gave them prasadam?" because we saw prasadam as a big plate of halva and kittri. Prabhupada stopped and turned and he said, "For them, this is prasad."
Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by Malati Dasi
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