184 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 16

TRANSLATION

All these episodes have been elaborately described by Srila Vrndavana dasa
Thakura. Then one day Srivasa Thakura extended an invitation to the Lord.

PURPORT

Caitanya-bhagavata (Antya-lila, Chapter Eight) gives the following description.
One day Srila Advaita Acarya, having extended an invitation to Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, thought that if the Lord came alone He would feed Him to His great
satisfaction. It then so happened that when the other sannydsis were going to
Advaita Acarya’s to take lunch, there was a big rainstorm, and they could not
reach His house. Thus, according to Advaita Acarya’s desires, sn Caitanya
Mahaprabhu came alone and accepted the prasdda.

TEXT 57

Giga fetn-asert Hq iceman Tile
‘SCSI HIAY-VfSala, “CATAOS TAA’ I 9 II

prabhura priya-vyafijana saba randhena malini
‘bhaktye dasi’-abhimdana, ‘snehete janani’

SYNONYMS

prabhura—of Lord Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu; priya-vyafijana—favorite vegeta-
bles; saba—all; randhena—cooks; malini—the wife of Srivasa Thakura; bhaktye
dasi—in devotion she was just like a maidservant; abhimana—it was her concep-
tion; snehete—in affection; janani—exactly like a mother.

TRANSLATION

The Lord’s favorite vegetables were cooked by Malinidevi, the wife of
Srivisa Thakura. She devotedly considered herself a maidservant of Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s, but in affection she was just like a mother.

TEXT 58

Blohag-aihe as qs Geratet |
FMT ACH STA SCAM ferseas i ev ti

4caryaratna-adi yata mukhya bhakta-gana
madhye madhye prabhure karena nimantrana
