CHAPTER 10
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
Accepts Prasada from the Devotees

The following summary of Chapter Ten is given by Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his
Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. Before the Ratha-yatra ceremony, all the devotees from
Bengal started for Jagannatha Puri as usual. Raghava Pandita brought with him
various kinds of food for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The food had been cooked by
his sister, whose name was Damayanti, and the stock was generally known as
raghavera jhali. Makaradhvaja Kara, an inhabitant of Panihati who accompanied
Raghava Pandita, was the secretary in charge of accounting for the raghavera jhaii,
the bags of food carried by Raghava Pandita.

The day when all the devotees arrived at Jagannatha Puri, Lord Govinda was
enjoying sporting pastimes in the water of Narendra-sarovara. Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu also enjoyed the ceremony in the water with His devotees. As pre-
viously, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu performed the cleansing ceremony at Gundica
and chanted the famous verse jagamohana-pari-mundad ydu. After kirtana ended,
He distributed prasada to all the devotees and also took some Himself. Then He
lay down at the door of the Gambhira to take rest. Somehow or other Govinda
came by and massaged His feet. Govinda could not go out that day, however, and
therefore he was unable to accept prasada. From the character of Govinda it is to
be learned that we may sometimes commit offenses for the service of the Lord,
but not for sense gratification.

Govinda, the personal servant of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, induced the Lord to
eat all the food delivered by the devotees of Bengal for His service. All the
Vaisnavas used to invite Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to their homes. The Lord ac-
cepted the invitation of Caitanya dasa, the son of Sivananda Sena, and ate rice
and yogurt there.

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vande Sri-krsna-caitanyam
bhaktanugraha-kataram
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