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
eens fara acaa ay sfF |
arycea, Walda-atA, @S-Qatfa i sBo ti
SAHA, AAA, Sta AS TA |
witacaa Sante aif aca fara uses u
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
prasadda from the market where the remnants of Lord Jagannatha’s food was sold
and then extend invitations to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, whereas Acdryaratna,
Acaryanidhi and others who were brahmanas by caste would cook at home when
