Madhya-līlā

Chapter 3: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Stay at the House of Advaita Ācārya

Verse 42 of 214
Cc Madhya 3.42

তিন ঠাঞি ভোগ বাডাইল সম করিঽ কৃষ্ণের ভোগ বাডাইল ধাতুপাত্রোপরি

तिन ठाञि भोग बाडाइल सम करिऽ कृष्णेर भोग बाडाइल धातुपात्रोपरि

tina ṭhāñi bhoga bāḍāila sama kari' kṛṣṇera bhoga bāḍāila dhātu-pātropari

Synonyms

tina ṭhāñiin three places; bhogacooked foodstuffs; bāḍāiladistributed; samaequal; kari'making; kṛṣṇera bhogathe foodstuff offered to Kṛṣṇa; bāḍāilawas arranged; dhātu-pātra uparion a metal plate..

Translation

All the prepared foods were divided into three equal parts. One part was arranged on a metal plate for offering to Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Purport

The word bāḍāila, meaning "increased," is very significant in this verse. It is a sophisticated word used by the gṛhasthas in Bengal. Whenever food is prepared and we take away a portion, the food is actually decreased. But here it is the system to say bāḍāila, or "increased." If food is prepared for Kṛṣṇa and offered to Him and the Vaiṣṇavas, the stock is increased, never decreased.

Verse 42 of 214
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