Madhya-līlāChapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.347

bahu nṛtya-gīta kaila premāviṣṭa hañā

pāṇḍā-pāla āila sabe mālā-prasāda lañā

SYNONYMS

bahu — much; nṛtya-gīta — dancing and chanting; kaila — performed; prema-āviṣṭain ecstatic love; hañā — being; pāṇḍā-pāla — the priests and attendants; āila — came; sabe — all; mālā-prasādaa 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. The priests and attendants went together to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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