Ādi-līlā

Chapter 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His Youth

Verse 269 of 330
Cc Ādi 17.269

প্রভু তাঙ্রে নমস্করিঽ কৈল নিমন্ত্রণ ভিক্ষা করাইযা তাঙ্রে কৈল নিবেদন

प्रभु ताङ्रे नमस्करिऽ कैल निमन्त्रण भिक्षा कराइया ताङ्रे कैल निवेदन

prabhu tāṅre namaskari' kaila nimantraṇa bhikṣā karāiyā tāṅre kaila nivedana

Synonyms

prabhuthe Lord; tāṅreto him; namaskari'offering obeisances; kailadid; nimantraṇainvitation; bhikṣāalms; karāiyāgiving; tāṅreto him; kailasubmitted; nivedanaHis prayer..

Translation

The Lord offered him respectful obeisances and invited him to His house. After feeding him sumptuously, He submitted to him His petition.

Purport

According to the system of Vedic society, whenever an unknown sannyāsī comes to a village or town, someone must invite him to take prasāda in his home. Sannyāsīs generally take prasāda in the house of a brāhmaṇa because the brāhmaṇa worships the Lord Nārāyaṇa śilā, or śālagrāma-śilā, and therefore there is prasāda that the sannyāsī may take. Keśava Bhāratī accepted the invitation of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Thus the Lord had a good opportunity to explain His desire to take sannyāsa from him.

Verse 269 of 330
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