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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 10]
bhadrācārya; śaṅkara—Śaṅkara; vakreśvara—Vakreśvara; madhye madhye—at intervals; ghara-bhāte—with rice at home; kare nimantraṇa—invite; anyera nimantraṇa—for others' invitations; prasāde—prasāda; kauḍi dui-paṇa—two panas of conchshells (160 conchshells).
TRANSLATION
Gopīnātha Ācārya, Jagadānanda, Kāśīśvara, Bhagavān, Rāmabhadrācārya, Śaṅkara and Vakreśvara, who were all brāhmaṇas, extended invitations to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and offered Him food cooked at home, whereas other devotees would pay two paṇas of small conchshells to purchase Jagannātha's prasāda and then invite the Lord.
TEXT 156
প্রথমে আছিল ‘নির্বন্ধ’ কোড়ি চারিপণ । রামচন্দ্রপুরী-ভয়ে ঘাটাইলা নিমজ্জণ ॥ ১৫৬ ॥
prathame āchila ‘nirbandha’ kauḍi cāri-paṇa rāmacandra-purī-bhaye ghāṭāilā nimantraṇa
SYNONYMS
prathame —in the beginning;  āchila —it was;  nirbandha —fixed;  kauḍi cāri-paṇa —four  paṇas  of conchshells;  rāmacandra-purī-bhaye —because of the restriction of Rāmacandra Purī;  ghāṭāilā —decreased;  nimantraṇa —the price of an invitation.
TRANSLATION
At first the cost of Jagannātha prasāda for an invitation was four paṇas of conchshells, but when Rāmacandra Purī was there, the price was cut in half.
TEXT 157
চারিমাস রহি’ গোড়ের ভক্তে বিদায় দিলা । নীলাচলের সঙ্গী ভক্ত সঙ্গেই রহিলা ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
cāri-māsa rahi’ gauḍera bhakte vidāya dilā nīlācalera saṅgī bhakta saṅgei rahilā
SYNONYMS
cāri-māsa rahi’ —remaining for four months;  gauḍera bhakte —to the devotees coming from Bengal;  vidāya dilā —bade farewell;  nīlācalera saṅgī —associates at Jagannātha Purī;  bhakta —devotees;  saṅgei —with;  rahilā —remained.