PLATE EIGHT
“Lord Jagannātha’s  prasāda  is sold by shopkeepers, and that which is not sold decomposes after two or three days. All the decomposed food is thrown before the cows from Tailaṅga at the Siṁha-dvāra gate. Because of its rotten odor, even the cows cannot eat it. At night Raghunātha dāsa would collect that decomposed rice, bring it home and wash it with ample water. Then he ate the hard inner portion of the rice with salt. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard news of this from the mouth of Govinda, He went there the next day and spoke as follows. ‘What nice things are you eating? Why don’t you give anything to Me?’ Saying this, He forcibly took a morsel and began to eat.” ( pp. 347-350 )