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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 1]
eta bali' loke kari' śubha-dṛṣṭi dāna abhyantare gelā, lokera pūrṇa haila kāma
SYNONYMS
eta bali' —thus saying;  loke —unto the people;  kari' —doing;  śubha-dṛṣṭi —auspicious glance;  dāna —charity;  abhyantare —within the room;  gelā —went;  lokera —of all the people;  pūrṇa —fulfilled;  haila —was;  kāma —the desire.
TRANSLATION
Thus speaking, the Lord entered His room after glancing auspiciously upon the people out of charity. In this way the desires of the people were completely fulfilled.
TEXT 283
রঘুনাথ-দাস নিত্যানন্দ-পাশে গেলা । চিত্তা-দধি-মহোৎসব তাহাঁই করিলা ॥ ২৮৩ ॥
raghunātha-dāsa nityānanda-pāśe gelā ciḍā-dadhi-mahotsava tāhāṅi karilā
SYNONYMS
raghunātha-dāsa —of the name Raghunātha dāsa;  nityānanda —Lord Nityānanda;  pāśe —near;  gelā —went;  ciḍā —chipped rice;  dadhi —curd;  mahotsava —festival;  tāhāṅi —there;  karilā —performed.
TRANSLATION
At this time, Raghunātha dāsa approached Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu and, according to His order, prepared a feast and distributed prasāda composed of chipped rice and curd.
PURPORT
There is a special preparation in Bengal wherein chipped rice is mixed with curd and sometimes with  sandeśa  and mango. It is a very palatable food offered to the Deity and then distributed to the public. Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, who was a householder at this time, met Nityānanda Prabhu. According to His advice, he executed this festival of  dadhi-ciḍā-prasāda .