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Šerij Caitanya , caritāturta
[[Madhya-lila Ch 4]
“ ‘Prepare very nice foodstuffs of all descriptions from the grains and ghee collected for the  yajña . Prepare rice, dahl, then halavah,  pākorā ,  purī  and all kinds of milk preparations like sweet rice, sweetballs,  sandeśa ,  rasagullā  and  lāddu’
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krṣṇa, therefore advised the cowherd men to stop the Indra-yajña and begin the Govardhana-pūjā to chastise Indra, who was very much puffed up at being the supreme controller of the heavenly planets. The honest and simple cowherd men, headed by Nanda Mahārāja, accepted Krṣṇa’s proposal and executed in detail everything He advised. They performed Govardhana worship and circumambulation of the hill. According to the instruction of Lord Krṣṇa, Nanda Mahārāja and the cowherd men called in learned  brāhmaṇas  and began to worship Govardhana Hill by chanting Vedic hymns and offering  prasāda . The inhabitants of Vṛndāvana assembled together, decorated their cows and gave them grass. Keeping the cows in front, they began to circumambulate Govardhana Hill.”
TEXT 87
সকল ভ্রাহ্মণে পুরী বৈষ্ণব করিল। সেই সেই সেবা-মধ্যে সবা নিয়োজিল ॥ ৮৭ ॥
sakala brāhīmaņe purī vaiṣṇava karila sei sei sevā-madhye sabā niyojila
SYNONYMS
sakala brāhmaṇe —all the  brāhmaṇas  who were present there;  purī —Mādhavendra Purī Gosvāmī;  vaiṣṇava karila —elevated to the position of Vaiṣṇavas;  sei sei —under different divisions;  sevā-madhye —in rendering service;  sabā —all of them;  niyojila —were engaged.
TRANSLATION
All the brāhmaṇas present on that occasion were initiated by Mādhavendra Purī into the Vaiṣṇava cult, and Mādhavendra Purī engaged them in different types of service.
PURPORT
In the scriptures it is stated:  şaṭ-karma-nipuṇo vipro mantra-tantra-viśāradaḥ avaiṣṇavaḥ . Even though a caste  brāhmaṇa  or a qualified  brāhmaṇa  is expert in the occupational duties of a  brāhmaṇa , he is not necessarily a Vaiṣṇava. His duties are mentioned as six brahminical engagements.  Paṭhana  means that a  brāhmaṇa  must be conversant with the Vedic scriptures. He must also be able to teach others to study Vedic literatures. This is  pāṭhana . He must also be expert in worshiping different deities and in performing the Vedic rituals ( yajana ). On account of this  yajana , the  brāhmaṇa , being the head of society, performs all the Vedic rituals for