Text 176] The Cleansing of the Gundica Temple 85

TRANSLATION

Svarupa Damodara Gosvami then said, ‘Just take a little of this maha-
prasada, and see how it is that Lord Jagannatha has accepted it.”

TEXT 175
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eta bali’ age kichu kare samarpana
tanra snehe prabhu kichu karena bhojana

SYNONYMS

eta bali’—saying this; 4ge—in front; kichu—something; kare samarpana—
offers; tanra—of him; snehe—out of affection; prabhu—Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; kichu—some; karena bhojana—eats.

TRANSLATION

Upon saying this, Svaripa Damodara Gosvami placed some food before the
Lord, and the Lord, out of affection, ate it.

TEXT 176

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ei mata dui-jana kare bara-bdara
vicitra ei dui bhaktera sneha-vyavahdra

SYNONYMS
ei mata—in this way; dui-jana—both persons (Svaripa Damodara and Jagada-
nanda); kare—do; bara-bara—again and again; vicitrta—uncommon; ei—these;
dui—two; bhaktera—of devotees; sneha-vyavahara—affectionate behavior.

TRANSLATION

Svaripa Damodara and Jagadananda again and again offered the Lord some
food. Thus they behaved affectionately with the Lord. This was very, very un-
common.
