Text 141] Lord Caitanya Accepts Prasada 263

TRANSLATION

Devotees like Acaryaratna, Acaryanidhi, Nandana Acarya, Raghava Pandita
and Srivasa were all of the brahmana caste.

TEXTS 140-141

eaas fara ecIa Vy she |

arycea, Walda-atA, @S-Qatfa i sBo ti
SAAAA, WAAR, St IS Ta |
witaicaa Hate oife’ sca fares uv sss t

ei-mata nimantrana karena yatna kari
vasudeva, gadadhara-dasa, gupta-murdri

kulina-grami, khanda-vasi, dra yata jana
jagannathera prasdda ani’ kare nimantrana

SYNONYMS

ei-mata—like this; nimantrana—invitation; karena—execute; yatna kari—with
devotion; vdsudeva—Vasudeva; gadadhara—dasa—Gadadhara dasa; gupta-
murari—Murari Gupta; kulina-grami—the inhabitants of Kulina-grama; khanda-
vasi—the inhabitants of Khanda; dra—and; yata jana—many other persons;
jagannathera prasida—remnants of the food of Jagannatha; ani’—bringing; kare
nimantrana—invite.

TRANSLATION

They would extend invitations to the Lord. Vasudeva Datta, Gadadhara
dasa, Murari Gupta, the inhabitants of Kulina-grama and Khanda and many
other devotees who were not brahmanas by caste would purchase food
offered to Lord Jagannatha and then extend invitations to Sri Caitanya
Mahdprabhu.

PURPORT

The inhabitants of Kulina-grama, such as Satyaraja Khan and Ramananda Vasu,
were not brahmanas by caste, nor were the inhabitants of Khanda, such as
Mukunda dasa, Narahari dasa and Raghunandana. Therefore they would purchase
prasada from the market where the remnants of Lord Jagannatha’s food was sold
and then extend invitations to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, whereas Acaryaratna,
Acaryanidhi and others who were brahmanas by caste would cook at home when
