### CC Adi 14.20

> শুনি’ শচী-মিশ্রের মনে আনন্দ বাড়িল ।\
> ব্রাহ্মণ-ব্রাহ্মণী আনি’ মহোৎসব কৈল ॥২০॥

> śuni' śacī-miśrera mane ānanda bāḍila\
> brāhmaṇa-brāhmaṇī āni' mahotsava kaila

*śuni'*—hearing this; *śacī*—of mother Śacī; *miśrera*—and of Jagannātha Miśra; *mane*—within the minds; *ānanda*—pleasure; *bāḍila*—increased; *brāhmaṇa*—the *brāhmaṇas*; *brāhmaṇī*—and their wives; *āni'*—inviting them; *mahotsava*—a festival; *kaila*—observed.

**After hearing Nīlāmbara Cakravartī's prediction, Śacīmātā and Jagannātha Miśra observed the name-giving festival in great joy, inviting all the brāhmaṇas and their wives.**

It is the Vedic system to observe all kinds of festivals, including birthday festivals, marriage festivals, name-giving festivals and festivals marking the beginning of education, by especially inviting *brāhmaṇas.* In every festival the *brāhmaṇas* are to be fed first, and when the *brāhmaṇas* are pleased they bless the festival by chanting Vedic *mantras* or the Hare Kṛṣṇa *mahā-mantra.*