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CC 2.8.89

bhojyānna vipra yadi nimantraṇa kare



kichu 'prasāda' āne, kichu pāka kare ghare
bhojya-anna vipra-a brāhmaṇa at whose place an invitation could be accepted; yadi-if; nimantraṇa kare-invites; kichu-some; prasāda-prasāda; āne-brings; kichu-some; pāka kare-cooks; ghare-at home.
When a brāhmaṇa at whose home an invitation could be accepted invited Him, the brāhmaṇa would purchase part of the prasāda and cook the rest at home. TEXTS 90-91 paṇḍita-gosāñi, bhagavān-ācārya, sārvabhauma nimantraṇera dine yadi kare nimantraṇa tāṅ-sabāra icchāya prabhu karena bhojana tāhāṅ prabhura svātantrya nāi, yaiche tāṅra mana SYNONYMS *paṇḍita*-gosāñi-Gadādhara Paṇḍita; *bhagavān-ācārya*-Bhagavān Ācārya; *sārvabhauma*-Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya; *nimantraṇera dine*-on the day on which Lord Caitanya was invited by others; *yadi*-if; *kare nimantraṇa*-they would invite; *tāṅ-sabāra*-of all of them; *icchāya*-by the desire; *prabhu*-Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; *karena bhojana*-would accept His meal; *tāhāṅ*-in that case; *prabhura*-of Lord Caitanya; *svātantrya nāi*-there was no independence; *yaiche*-as; *tāṅra*-of them; *mana*-the mind. TRANSLATION Even on a day when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was invited to dine by others, if Gadādhara Paṇḍita, Bhagavān Ācārya or Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya invited Him, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had no independence. He would accept their invitations as they desired.