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Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

Verse 347 of 358
Cc Madhya 9.347

বহু নৃত্যগীত কৈল প্রেমাবিষ্ট হঞা পাণ্ডাপাল আইল সবে মালাপ্রসাদ লঞা

बहु नृत्यगीत कैल प्रेमाविष्ट हञा पाण्डापाल आइल सबे मालाप्रसाद लञा

bahu nṛtya-gīta kaila premāviṣṭa hañā pāṇḍā-pāla āila sabe mālā-prasāda lañā

Synonyms

bahu—much; nṛtya-gīta—dancing and chanting; kaila—performed; prema-āviṣṭa—in ecstatic love; hañā—being; pāṇḍā-pāla—the priests and attendants; āila—came; sabe—all; mālā-prasāda—a garland and remnants of the food of Jagannātha; lañā—offering..

Translation

In ecstatic love Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced and chanted. At that time all the attendants and priests came to offer Him a garland and the remnants of Lord Jagannātha's food.

Purport

Those who are priests engaged in Lord Jagannātha's service are called pāṇḍās or paṇḍitas, and they are brāhmaṇas. The attendants who look after the temple's external affairs are called pālas. Both priests and attendants went together to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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