Text 41] Lord Caitanya at the House of Advaita Acarya 261
SYNONYMS
eta bali’—saying this; naukaya cadafid—making Him board the small boat;
nila—took; nija-ghara—to His own residence; pada-praksalana—washing
the feet; kaila—did; ananda-antara—very happy within Himself.
TRANSLATION
Saying this, Sri Advaita Acarya took the Lord into the boat and brought
the Lord to His residence. There Advaita Acarya washed the feet of the
Lord and was consequently very happy within.
TEXT 41
BCT HS Siac SHANA |
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prathame paka kariyachena acaryani
visnu-samarpana kaila acarya dpani
SYNONYMS
prathame—first; paka—cooking; kariyachena—performed; acaryani—the
wife of Advaita Acarya; visnu-samarpana—offering to Lord Visnu; kaila—did;
acarya—Advaita Acarya; apani—Himself.
TRANSLATION
All the eatables were first cooked by the wife of Advaita Acarya. Then
Srila Advaita Acarya personally offered everything to Lord Visnu.
PURPORT
This is the ideal householder’s life. The husband and wife live together, and
the husband works very hard to secure paraphernalia for worshiping Lord
Visnu. The wife at home cooks a variety of foodstuffs for Lord Visnu, and the
husband offers it to the Deity. After that, arati is performed, and the prasada is
distributed amongst family members and guests. According to the Vedic prin-
ciples, there must always be a guest in the householder’s house. In my child-
hood | have actually seen my father receive not less than four guests every
day, and in those days my father’s income was not very great. Nonetheless,
there was no difficulty in offering prasaéda to at least four guests every day.
According to Vedic principles, a householder, before taking lunch, should go
