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Lord Caitanya at the House of Advaita Acārya
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SYNONYMS
eta bali' —saying this;  naukāya caḍāñā —making Him board the small boat;  nila —took;  nija-ghara —to His own residence;  pāda-prakṣālana —washing the feet;  kaila —did;  ānanda-antara —very happy within Himself.
TRANSLATION
Saying this, Śrī Advaita Ācārya took the Lord into the boat and brought the Lord to His residence. There Advaita Ācārya washed the feet of the Lord and was consequently very happy within.
TEXT 411
প্রথমে পাক করিয়াছেন আচার্যনী ।।
বিষ্ণু-সন্নপণ  কৈল আচাৰ্য আপনি ॥ ৪১ ॥
prathame pāka kariyāchena ācāryāṇī viṣṇu-samarpaṇa kaila ācārya āpani
SYNONYMS
prathame —first;  pāka —cooking;  kariyāchena —performed;  ācāryāṇī —the wife of Advaita Ācārya;  viṣṇu-samarpaṇa —offering to Lord Viṣṇu;  kaila —did;  ācārya —Advaita Ācārya;  āpani —Himself.
TRANSLATION
All the eatables were first cooked by the wife of Advaita Ācārya. Then Śrīla Advaita Ācārya personally offered everything to Lord Viṣṇu.
PURPORT
This is the ideal householder's life. The husband and wife live together, and the husband works very hard to secure paraphernalia for worshiping Lord Viṣṇu. The wife at home cooks a variety of foodstuffs for Lord Viṣṇu, and the husband offers it to the Deity. After that,  ārati  is performed, and the  prasāda  is distributed amongst family members and guests. According to the Vedic principles, there must always be a guest in the householder's house. In my childhood I have actually seen my father receive not less than four guests every day, and in those days my father's income was not very great. Nonetheless, there was no difficulty in offering  prasāda  to at least four guests every day. According to Vedic principles, a householder, before taking lunch, should go