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Śrī-Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TEXT 70
জগদীশ পণ্ডিত, আর হিরণ্য মহাশয় ।
যারে কুপা কৈল বাল্যে প্রভু দয়াময় ॥ ৭০ ॥
jagadīśa paṇḍita, āra hiraṇya mahāśaya yāre kṛpā kaila bālye prabhu dayāmaya
SYNONYMS
jagadīśa paṇḍita —of the name Jagadīśa Paṇḍita;  āra —and;  hiraṇya —of the name Hiraṇya;  mahāśaya —great personality;  yāre —unto whom;  kṛpā —mercy;  kaila —showed;  bālye —in childhood;  prabhu —the Lord;  dayāmaya —merciful.
TRANSLATION
The thirty-first branch was Jagadīśa Paṇḍita, and the thirty-second was Hiraṇya Mahāśaya, unto whom Lord Caitanya in His childhood showed His causeless mercy.
PURPORT
Jagadīśa Paṇḍita was formerly a great dancer in  kṛṣṇa-līlā  and was known as Candrahāsa. Regarding Hiraṇya Paṇḍita, it is said once Lord Nityānanda, decorated with valuable jewels, stayed at his home, and a great thief attempted all night long to plunder these jewels but was unsuccessful. Later he came to Nityānanda Prabhu and surrendered unto Him.
TEXT 71
এই তুই-ঘরে প্রভু একাদশী দিনে ।
বিষ্ণুর নৈবেত্ত মাগি’ খাইল আপনে ॥ ৭১ ॥
ei dui-ghare prabhu ekādaśī dine viṣṇura naivedya māgi’ khāila āpane
SYNONYMS
ei dui-ghare —in these two houses;  prabhu —the Lord;  ekādaśī dine —on the Ekādaśī day;  viṣṇura —of Lord Viṣṇu;  naivedya —foodstuffs offered to Lord Viṣṇu;  māgi’ —begging;  khāila —ate;  āpane —personally.
TRANSLATION
In their two houses Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu begged foodstuffs on the Ekādaśī day and ate them personally.
PURPORT
The injunction to fast on Ekādaśī is especially meant for devotees; on Ekādaśī there are no restrictions regarding foodstuffs that may be offered to the Lord. Lord