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Performance of the Vrndāvana Pastimes
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SYNONYMS
keyā-patra-droṇī —plates made of leaves of the  ketakī  tree;  āila —arrived;  bo-jhā —in loads;  pāṅca-sāta —five or seven;  eka   eka jane —to each and every man;  daśa   donā   dila —ten such plates were given;  eta   pāta —so many dishes.
TRANSLATION
There then arrived five or seven loads of plates made of the leaves of the ketakī tree. Each man was supplied ten of these plates, and in this way the dishes were served.
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কীর্তনীয়ার পরিশ্রম জানি’ গোঁররায় । 
    উা-সবারে খাওয়াইতে প্রভুর মন ধায় ॥ ৩৮ ॥
kirtanīyāra pariśrama jāni’ gaurarāya tāṅ-sabāre khāoyāite prabhura mana dhāya
SYNONYMS
kīrtanīyāra —of all the singers;  pariśrama —labor;  jāni’ —knowing;  gaurarāya —Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  tāṅ-sabāre —all of them;  khāoyāite —to fill;  prabhura —of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  mana dhāya —the mind was very eager.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu understood the labor of all the kīrtana chanters; therefore He was very eager to feed them sumptuously.
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পাঁতি পাঁতি করি’ ভক্তগণে বসাইলা । 
 পরিবেশন করিবারে আপনে লাগিলা ॥ ৩৯ ॥
pāṅti pāṅti kari’ bhakta-gaṇe vasāilā pariveśana karibāre āpane lāgilā
SYNONYMS
pāṅti pāṅti kari' —in different lines;  bhakta-gaṇe —all the devotees;  vasāilā —made seated;  pariveśana —distribution;  karibāre —to do;  āpane —personally;  lāgilā —began.