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The Chida-dadhi Mahotsav, also known as the Chipped Rice Festival of Panihati, is a yearly celebration of the pastimes of Srila Raghunatha dasa Goswami and Lord Nityananda Prabhu. This astonishing pastime took place on the banks of the Ganges at Panihati, which is just north of Calcutta. Lord Caitanya and his associates enjoyed many transcendental pastimes here. Chida-dadhi Mahotsav remembers how the Lord mercifully reciprocated with His devotees by arranging, through Nityananda Prabhu and Raghunatha dasa, to provide an ecstatic feast of yoghurt and chipped rice, along with various other nectar foodstuffs. Linked below is an excerpt from Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya lila chapter 6, which describes this wonderful pastime in detail.<\/p>\n

The chipped rice festival took place just before the monsoons, when it is very hot (45 \u2013 50 C) and muggy (80 \u2013 90 % humidity), so naturally the most cooling of foodstuffs were offered. Cool yoghurt (dadhi) and chipped rice (chida) were offered with sugar, bananas, milk sweets and cakes.<\/p>\n

Our feast menu begins with Ganges Curd Upma, a moist and delicious preparation of vegetables and grain. Before offering, a flavorful stream of yoghurt is poured around the base of the Upma, in honor of the festival goers who had to stand in the Ganges to enjoy their prasadam because there was no room left on the river banks.<\/p>\n

A light and simple Cracked Urad Dal is offered, with a side of Banana Chapatis drenched in Orange Cardamom Butter. A sumptuously rich Cauliflower & Red Pepper Sabji is simple to make, and brings smiles to the devotees.<\/p>\n

A dry curry of Peas and Paneer is stuffed in a hollow Lemon, which adds nice flavor to the preparation. Rava Idli is a savory cake that goes nicely with the Aloo Kerala Fry, a spicy fried patty of potato and bitter melon.<\/p>\n

Nestled amongst the whites of rice and yoghurt is a delightful Stuffed White Baby Eggplant which is filled with spiced almond butter, then wrapped together with lemongrass and baked.<\/p>\n

Another pungent savory is the Baigan Sarson, a treat of diced eggplant wrapped in mustard greens, then crispy fried in ghee. Roasted Okra Raita provides a smooth and mellow touch with the spicy dishes, while the Rhubard & Dried Cherry Chutney adds a tangy flavor to the Idli and savouries.<\/p>\n

The nectar preparations from the original Chida-dadhi festival are, we hope, faithfully represented by Chida-dadhi Pots. These two wonderful sweet rices are served in traditional clay bowls. In one pot, chipped rice is prepared in sweet yoghurt with bananas, while the second pot contains rice in a sweet, thick kheer with ghee, bananas and camphor.<\/p>\n

A milksweet cake, the Gunja-Mala Malpoori is encircled with fresh red and black berries, reminiscent of the garland Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave Raghunatha das to wear around his neck.<\/p>\n

Srila Raghunatha dasa gave up eating all foodstuffs after the departure from this world of Srila Sanatana, and from that time on Raghunatha would only take buttermilk in leaf cups. He continued in this way until the departure of Rupa Gosvami, after which Raghunatha gave up all eating and drinking. In honor of this topmost associate of the Lord, we offer Banana Leaf Cups of Buttermilk<\/p>\n

The feast is complete with a tart Lime Cooler blending honey, ginger and anise that would surely please all those sitting in the Panihati sun, on the banks of Ganga-Ma.<\/p>\n

Where is Panihati? Panihati is located on the banks of the Ganges 10 miles North of Calcutta (North 24-Parganas north of modern day Kolkata \u2013 Calcutta), in West Bengal India. It is the site of many wonderful spiritual pastimes of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His close personal associates. In this region at this time of year June, pre-monsoon it is so hot, often up in the mid-to-high 40s C (45 \u2013 50 C), and so humid. The most cooling of foods in such a temperature is yogurt, cool yogurt (dahi or dadhi or doi) This pastime of the Lord is about how the devotees pleased Lord Chaitanya and how the Lord reciprocated with the devotees in a very wonderful and pleasing festival called the Panihati Cida-dadhi mahotsav.<\/p>\n

In the village of Panihati, Raghunatha dasa obtained an interview with Nityananda Prabhu who was accompanied by many kirtana performers, servants and others. Sitting on a rock under a tree on the bank of the Ganges, Lord Nityananda seemed as effulgent as hundreds and thousands of rising suns. Many devotees sat on the ground surrounding Him. Seeing the influence of Nityananda Prabhu, Raghunatha dasa was astonished. Raghunatha dasa offered his obeisances by falling prostrate at a distant place, and the servant of Nityananda Prabhu pointed out, \u201cThere is Raghunatha dasa, offering You obeisances.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hearing this, Lord Nityananda Prabhu said, \u201cYou are a thief. Now you have come to see Me. Come here, come here. Today I shall punish you,\u201d the Lord called him, but Raghunatha dasa did not go near the Lord. Then the Lord forcibly caught him and placed His lotus feet upon Raghunatha dasa\u2019s head. \u201cMake a festival and feed all My associates yogurt and chipped rice.\u201d Hearing this, Raghunatha dasa was greatly pleased.<\/p>\n

Raghunatha dasa brought chipped rice, yogurt, milk. sweetmeats, sugar, bananas and ether eatables and placed them all around. As soon as they heard that a festival was going to be held, all kinds of brahmanas and other gentlemen began to arrive. Thus there were innumerable people. Seeing the crowd increasing, Raghunatha dasa arranged to get more eatables from other villages. He also brought two to four hundred large, round pots. He also obtained five or seven especially large earthen pots, and in these pots a brahmana began soaking chipped rice for the satisfaction of Lard Nityananda.<\/p>\n

In one place, chipped rice was soaked in hot milk in each of the large pots. then half the rice was mixed with yogurt, sugar and bananas. The other half was mixed with condensed milk and a special type of banana known as canpa-kala. Then sugar, clarified butter and camphor were added. After Nityananda Prabhu had changed His cloth far a new one and sat on a raised platform, the brahmana brought before Him the seven huge pots.<\/p>\n

On that platform all the most important associates of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, as well as ether important men, sat down in a circle around the Lord. Among them were Ramadasa, Sundarananda, Gadadhara dasa, Murari, Kamalakara, Sadasiva and Purandara. Dhananjaya, Jagadisa, Paramesvara dasa, Mahesa, Gauridas and Hoda Krsnadasa were also there, Similarly, Uddharana Datta Thakura and many other personal associates of the Lord sat on the raised platform with Nityananda Prabhu. No one could count them all.<\/p>\n

Hearing about the festival, all kinds of learned scholars, brahmanas and priests went there, Lord Nityananda Prabhu honored them and made them sit on the raised platform with Him. Everyone was offered two earthen pots. In one was put chipped rice with condensed milk and in the ether chipped rice with yogurt. All the other People sat in groups around the platform. No one could count how many people there were. Each and every one of them was supplied two earthen pots, one of chipped rice soaked in yogurt and the other of chipped rice soaked in condensed milk.<\/p>\n

Some of the brahmanas, not having gotten a place on the platform, went to the bank of the Ganges with their two earthen pots and soaked their chipped rice there. Others, who could not get a place even on the bank of the Ganges, got down into the water and began eating their two kinds of chipped rice. Thus some sat on the platform ,some at the base of the platform, and some on the bank of the Ganges, and they were all supplied two pots each by the twenty men who distributed the food.<\/p>\n

At that time, Raghava Pandita arrived there. Seeing the situation, he began to laugh in great surprise. He brought many other kinds of food cooked in ghee and offered them to the Lord. This prasada he first placed before Lord Nityananda and then distributed among the devotees. Raghava Pandita said to Lord Nityananda, \u201cFor You, sir, I have already offered food to the Deity, but You are engaged in a festival here, and so the food is lying there untouched.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lord Nityananda replied, \u201cLet Me eat all this food here during the day, and I shall eat at your home at night. I belong to a community of cowherd boys, and therefore I generally have many cowherd associates with Me. I am happy when we eat together in a picnic like this by the sandy bank of the river. Lord Nityananda made Raghava Pandita sit down and had two pots delivered to him also. There were two kinds of chipped rice soaked in them.<\/p>\n

When chipped rice had been served to everyone, Lord Nityananda Prabhu, in meditation, brought Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu arrived, Lord Nityananda Prabhu stood up. They then saw how the others were enjoying the chipped rice with yogurt and condensed milk. From each and every pot, Lord Nityananda Prabhu took one morsel of chipped rice and pushed it into the mouth of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as a joke. In this way Lord Nityananda was walking through all the groups of eaters, and all the Vaisnavas standing there were seeing the fun.<\/p>\n

No one could understand what Nityananda Prabhu was doing as He walked about. Some, however, who were very fortunate, could see that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was also present. Then Nityananda Prabhu smiled and sat down. On His right side He kept four pots of chipped rice that had not been made from boiled paddy. Lord Nityananda offered Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu a place and had Him sit dawn. Then together the two brothers began eating chipped rice. Seeing Cord Caitanya Mahaprabhu eating with Him, Lord Nityananda Prabhu became very happy and exhibited varieties of ecstatic love. Lord Nityananda Prabhu ordered, \u201cAll of you eat, chanting the holy name of Hari. Immediately the holy names \u201cHari Hari\u201d resounded, filling the entire universe.<\/p>\n

When all the Vaisnavas were chanting the holy names \u201cHari Hari\u201d and eating, they remembered how Krsna and Balarama ate with their companions, the cowherd boys, on the bank of the Yamuna. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Lord Nityananda Prabhu are extremely merciful and liberal. It was Raghunatha dasa\u2019s good fortune that They accepted all these dealings. Who can understand the influence and mercy of Lord Nityananda Prabhu? He is so powerful that He induced Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to come eat chipped rice on the bank of the Ganges. All the confidential devotees who were Cowherd boys, headed by Sri Ramadas, were absorbed in ecstatic love. They thought the bank of the Ganges to be the bank of the Yamuna.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

When the shopkeepers of many other villages heard about the festival, they arrived there to sell chipped rice, yogurt, sweetmeats and bananas. As they came, bringing all kinds of food, Raghunatha dasa purchased it all. He gave them the price for their goods and later fed them the very same food. Anyone who came to see how these funny things were going on was also fed chipped rice, yogurt and bananas. After Lord Nityananda Prabhu finished eating, He washed His hands and mouth and gave Raghunatha dasa the food remaining in the four pots. There was food remaining in the three other big pots of Lord Nityananda, and a brahmana distributed it to all the devotees, giving a morsel to each. Then a brahmanas brought a flower garland, placed the garland on Nityananda Prabhu\u2019s neck and smeared sandalwood pulp All over His body, When a servant brought betel nuts and offered them to Lord Nityananda, the Lord smiled and chewed them. With His own hands Lord Nityananda Prabhu distributed to all the devotees whatever flower garlands, sandalwood pulp and betel nuts remained<\/p>\n

After receiving the remnants of food left by Lord Nityananda Prabhu, Raghunatha dasa, who was greatly happy, ate some and distributed the rest among his own associates. Thus have I described the pastimes of Lord Nityananda Prabhu in relation to the celebrated festival of chipped rice and yogurt.<\/p>\n

Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Antya Lila Vol 2 ch 6.
\nThe Meeting of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Raghunatha dasa Gosvami<\/p>\n

A summary of this chapter is given by Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrita-pravaha-bhashya as follows. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went into transcendental fits of ecstatic love, Ramananda Raya and Svarupa Damodara Gosvami attended to Him and satisfied Him as He desired. Raghunatha dasa Gosvami had been attempting to come to the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu for a long time, and finally he left his home and met the Lord. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had gone to Santipura on His way to Vrindavana, Raghunatha dasa Gosvami had offered to dedicate his life at the Lord\u2019s lotus feet. in the meantime, however, a Mohammedan official became envious of Hiranya dasa, Raghunatha dasa Gosvami\u2019s uncle, and induced some big official court minister to have him arrested. Thus Hiranya dasa left his home, but by the intelligence of Raghunatha dasa the misunderstanding was mitigated. Then Raghunatha dasa went to Panihati, and, following the order of Nityananda Prabhu, he observed a festival (cida-dadhi-mahotsava) by distributing chipped rice mixed with yogurt. The day after the festival, Nityananda Prabhu gave Raghunatha dasa the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. After this incident, Raghunatha dasa, with the help of his priest, whose name was Yadunandana Acarya, got out of his house by trickery and thus ran away. Not touching the general path, Raghunatha dasa Gosvami secretly went to Jagannatha Puri. After twelve days, he arrived in Jagannatha Puri at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
\n.
\nSri Caitanya Mahaprabhu entrusted Raghunatha dasa Gosvami to Svarupa Damodara Gosvami. Therefore another name for Raghunatha dasa Gosvami is Svarupera Raghu, or the Raghunatha of Svarupa Damodara. For five days Raghunatha dasa Gosvami took prasada at the temple, but later he would stand at the Simha-dvara gate and eat only whatever he could gather by alms. Later he lived by taking alms from various chatras, or food distributing centers. When Raghunatha\u2019s father received news of this, he sent some men and money, but Raghunatha dasa Gosvami refused to accept the money. Understanding that Raghunatha dasa Gosvami was living by begging from the chatras, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu presented him with His own gunja-mala and a stone from Govardhana Hill. Thereafter, Raghunatha dasa Gosvami used to eat rejected food that he had collected and washed. This renounced life greatly pleased both
\nSvarupa Damodara Gosvami and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. One day Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took by force some of the same food, thus blessing Raghunatha dasa Gosvami for his renunciation.
\n.
\nAntya 6.35
\nTRANSLATION
\nIn this way Raghunatha dasa passed one year exactly like a first-class business manager, but the next year he again decided to leave home.
\n.
\nAntya 6.36
\nratre uthi\u2019 ekela calila palana
\ndura haite pita tanre anila dhariya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nHe got up alone one night and left, but his father caught him in a distant place and brought him back.
\n.
\nAntya 6.37
\nei-mate bare bare palaya, dhari\u2019 ane
\ntabe tanra mata kahe tanra pita sane
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThis became almost a daily affair. Raghunatha would run away from home, and his father would again bring him back. Then Raghunatha dasa\u2019s mother began speaking to his father.
\n.
\nAntya 6.38
\n\u201cputra batula\u2019 ha-ila, ihaya rakhaha bandhiya\u201d
\ntanra pita kahe tare nirvinna hana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cOur son has become mad,\u201d she said. \u201cJust keep him by binding him with ropes.\u201d His father, being very unhappy, replied to her as follows.
\n.
\nAntya 6.39
\n\u201cindra-sama aisvarya, stri apsara-sama
\ne saba bandhite narileka yanra mana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cRaghunatha dasa, our son, has opulences like Indra, the heavenly King, and his wife is as beautiful as an angel. Yet all this could not tie down his mind.
\n.
\nAntya 6.40
\ndadira bandhane tanre rakhiba ke-mate?
\njanma-data-pita nare \u2018prarabdha\u2019 khandaite
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cHow then could we keep this boy home by binding him with ropes? It is not possible even for one\u2019s father to nullify the reactions of one\u2019s past activities.
\n.
\nAntya 6.41
\ncaitanya-candrera kripa hanache inhare
\ncaitanya-candrera \u2018batula\u2019 ke rakhite pare?\u201d
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cLord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has fully bestowed His mercy on him. Who can keep home such a madman of Caitanyacandra?\u201d
\n.
\nAntya 6.42
\ntabe raghunatha kichu vicarila mane
\nnityananda-gosanira pasa calila ara dine
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThen Raghunatha dasa considered something in his mind, and the next day he went to Nityananda Gosani.
\n.
\nAntya 6.43
\npanihati-grame paila prabhura darasana
\nkirtaniya sevaka sange ara bahu-jana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nIn the village of Panihati, Raghunatha dasa obtained an interview with Nityananda Prabhu, who was accompanied by many kirtana performers, servants and others.
\n.
\nAntya 6.44
\nganga-tire vriksha-mule pindara upare
\nvasiyachena\u2014\u2014yena koti suryodaya kare
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nSitting on a rock under a tree on the bank of the Ganges, Lord Nityananda seemed as effulgent as hundreds and thousands of rising suns.
\n.
\nAntya 6.45
\ntale upare bahu-bhakta hanache veshtita
\ndekhi\u2019 prabhura prabhava raghunatha\u2014\u2014vismita
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nMany devotees sat on the ground surrounding Him. Seeing the influence of Nityananda Prabhu, Raghunatha dasa was astonished.
\n.
\nAntya 6.46
\ndandavat hana sei padila kata-dure
\nsevaka kahe,\u2014\u2014\u2018raghunatha dandavat kare\u2019
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nRaghunatha dasa offered his obeisances by falling prostrate at a distant place, and the servant of Nityananda Prabhu pointed out, \u201cThere is Raghunatha dasa, offering You obeisances.\u201d
\n.
\nAntya 6.47
\nsuni\u2019 prabhu kahe,\u2014\u2014\u201ccora dili darasana
\naya, aya, aji tora karimu dandana\u201d
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nHearing this, Lord Nityananda Prabhu said,\u201cYou are a thief. Now you have come to see Me. Come here, come here. Today I shall punish you!\u201d
\n.
\nAntya 6.48
\nprabhu bolaya, tenho nikate na kare gamana
\nakarshiya tanra mathe prabhu dharila carana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThe Lord called him, but Raghunatha dasa did not go near the Lord. Then the Lord forcibly caught him and placed His lotus feet upon Raghunatha dasa\u2019s head.
\n.
\nAntya 6.49
\nkautuki nityananda sahaje dayamaya
\nraghunathe kahe kichu hana sadaya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nLord Nityananda was by nature very merciful and funny. Being merciful, He spoke to Raghunatha dasa as follows.
\n.
\nAntya 6.50
\n\u201cnikate na aisa, cora, bhaga\u2019 dure dure
\naji lag panachi, dandimu tomare
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cYou are just like a thief, for instead of coming near, you stay away at a distant place. Now that I have captured you, I shall punish you.
\n.
\nAntya 6.51
\ndadhi, cida bhakshana karaha mora gane\u201d
\nsuni\u2019 anandita haila raghunatha mane
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cMake a festival and feed all My associates yogurt and chipped rice.\u201d Hearing this, Raghunatha dasa was greatly pleased.
\n.
\nAntya 6.52
\nsei-kshane nija-loka pathaila grame
\nbhakshya-dravya loka saba grama haite ane
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nRaghunatha dasa immediately sent his own men to the village to purchase all kinds of eatables and bring them back.
\n.
\nAntya 6.53
\ncida, dadhi, dugdha, sandesa, ara cini, kala
\nsaba dravya anana caudike dharila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nRaghunatha dasa brought chipped rice, yogurt, milk, sweetmeats, sugar, bananas and other eatables and placed them all around.
\n.
\nAntya 6.54
\n\u2018mahotsava\u2019-nama suni\u2019 brahmana-sajjana
\nasite lagila loka asankhya-ganana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAs soon as they heard that a festival was going to be held, all kinds of brahmanas and other gentlemen began to arrive. Thus there were innumerable people.
\n.
\nAntya 6.55
\nara gramantara haite samagri anila
\nsata dui-cari holna tanha anaila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nSeeing the crowd increasing, Raghunatha dasa arranged to get more eatables from other villages. He also brought two to four hundred large, round earthen pots.
\n.
\nAntya 6.56
\nbada bada mrit-kundika anaila panca sate
\neka vipra prabhu lagi\u2019 cida bhijaya tate
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nHe also obtained five or seven especially large earthen pots, and in these pots a brahmana began soaking chipped rice for the satisfaction of Lord Nityananda.
\n.
\nAntya 6.57
\n.eka-thani tapta-dugdhe cida bhijana
\nardheka chanila dadhi, cini, kala diya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nIn one place, chipped rice was soaked in hot milk in each of the large pots. Then half the rice was mixed with yogurt, sugar and bananas.
\n.
\nAntya 6.58
\nara ardheka ghanavrita-dugdhete chanila
\ncanpa-kala, cini, ghrita, karpura tate dila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThe other half was mixed with condensed milk and a special type of banana known as canpa-kala. Then sugar, clarified butter and camphor were added.
\n.
\nAntya 6.59
\ndhuti pari\u2019 prabhu yadi pindate vasila
\nsata-kundi vipra tanra agete dharila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAfter Nityananda Prabhu had changed His cloth for a new one and sat on a raised platform, the brahmana brought before Him the seven huge pots.
\n.
\nAntya 6.60
\ncabutara-upare yata prabhura nija-gane
\nbada bada loka vasila mandali-racane
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nOn that platform, all the most important associates of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, as well as other important men, sat down in a circle around the Lord.
\n.
\nAntya 6.61
\nramadasa, sundarananda, dasa-gadadhara
\nmurari, kamalakara, sadasiva, purandara
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAmong them were Ramadasa, Sundarananda, Gadadhara dasa, Murari, Kamalakara, Sadasiva and Purandara.
\nAntya 6.62
\ndhananjaya, jagadisa, paramesvara-dasa
\nmahesa, gauridasa, hoda-krishnadasa
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nDhananjaya, Jagadisa, Paramesvara dasa, Mahesa, Gauridasa and Hoda Krishnadasa were also there.
\n.
\nAntya 6.63
\n.uddharana datta adi yata nija-gana
\nupare vasila saba, ke kare ganana?
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nSimilarly, Uddharana Datta Thakura and many other personal associates of the Lord sat on the raised platform with Nityananda Prabhu. No one could count them all.
\nPURPORT
\nThe devotees mentioned herein are described by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura in his Anubhashya. For further information one may consult the following references in the Adi-lila. Ramadasa\u2014Chapter Ten, texts 116 and 118, and Chapter Eleven, texts 13 and 16. Sundarananda\u201411.23, Gadadhara dasa\u201410.53, His full name is Murari Caitanya dasa, and he is a personal associate of Nityananda Prabhu. Thus one should consult Chapter Eleven, text 20. Kamalakara\u201411.24. Sadasiva\u201411.38. Purandara\u201411.28. Dhananjaya\u201411.31. Jagadisa\u201411.30. Paramesvara\u201411.29. Mahesa\u201411.32. Gauridasa\u201411.26. Hoda Krishnadasa\u201411.47. Uddharana Datta Thakura\u201411.41.
\n.
\nAntya 6.64
\nsuni\u2019 pandita bhattacarya yata vipra aila
\nmanya kari\u2019 prabhu sabare upare vasaila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nHearing about the festival, all kinds of learned scholars, brahmanas and priests went there. Lord Nityananda Prabhu honored them and made them sit on the raised platform with Him.
\n.
\nAntya 6.65
\ndui dui mrit-kundika sabara age dila
\neke dugdha-cida, are dadhi-cida kaila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nEveryone was offered two earthen pots. In one was put chipped rice with condensed milk and in the other chipped rice with yogurt.
\n.
\nAntya 6.66
\nara yata loka saba cotara-talane
\nmandali-bandhe vasila, tara na haya ganane
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAll the other people sat in groups around the platform. No one could count how many people there were.
\n.
\nAntya 6.67
\nekeka janare dui dui holna dila
\ndadhi-cida dugdha-cida, duite bhijaila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nEach and every one of them was supplied two earthen pots\u2014one of chipped rice soaked in yogurt and the other of chipped rice soaked in condensed milk.
\n.
\nAntya 6.68
\nkona kona vipra upare sthana na pana
\ndui holnaya cida bhijaya ganga-tire giya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nSome of the brahmanas, not having gotten a place on the platform, went to the bank of the Ganges with their two earthen pots and soaked their chipped rice there.
\n.
\nAntya 6.69
\ntire sthana na pana ara kata jana
\njale nami\u2019 dadhi-cida karaye bhakshana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nOthers, who could not get a place even on the bank of the Ganges, got down into the water and began eating their two kinds of chipped rice.
\n.
\nAntya 6.70
\nkeha upare, keha tale, keha ganga-tire
\nbisa-jana tina-thani parivesana kare
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThus some sat on the platform, some at the base of the platform, and some on the bank of the Ganges, and they were all supplied two pots each by the twenty men who distributed the food.
\n.
\nAntya 6.71
\nhena-kale aila tatha raghava pandita
\nhasite lagila dekhi\u2019 hana vismita
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAt that time, Raghava Pandita arrived there. Seeing the situation, he began to laugh in great surprise.
\n.
\nAntya 6.72
\nni-sakdi nana-mata prasada anila
\nprabhure age diya bhakta-gane banti dila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nHe brought many other kinds of food cooked in ghee and offered to the Lord. This prasada he first placed before Lord Nityananda and then distributed among the devotees.
\n.
\nAntya 6.73
\nprabhure kahe,\u2014\u2014\u201ctoma lagi\u2019 bhoga lagaila
\ntumi ihan utsava kara, ghare prasada rahila\u201d
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nRaghava Pandita said to Lord Nityananda, \u201cFor You, sir, I have already offered food to the Deity, but You are engaged in a festival here, and so the food is lying there untouched.\u201d<\/p>\n

Antya 6.74
\nprabhu kahe,\u2014\u2014\u201ce-dravya dine kariye bhojana
\nratrye tomara ghare prasada karimu bhakshana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nLord Nityananda replied, \u201cLet Me eat all this food here during the day, and I shall eat at your home at night.
\n.
\nAntya 6.75
\ngopa-jati ami bahu gopa-gana sange
\nami sukha pai ei pulina-bhojana-range\u201d
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cI belong to a community of cowherd boys, and therefore I generally have many cowherd associates with Me. I am happy when we eat together in a picnic like this by the sandy bank of the river.\u201d
\n.
\nAntya 6.76
\nraghave vasana dui kundi deoyaila
\nraghava dvividha cida tate bhijaila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nLord Nityananda made Raghava Pandita sit down and had two pots delivered to him also. There were two kinds of chipped rice soaked in them.
\n.
\nAntya 6.77
\nsakala-lokera cida purna yabe ha-ila
\ndhyane tabe prabhu mahaprabhure anila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nWhen chipped rice had been served to everyone, Lord Nityananda Prabhu, in meditation, brought Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
\n.
\nAntya 6.78
\nmahaprabhu aila dekhi\u2019 nitai uthila
\ntanre lana sabara cida dekhite lagila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nWhen Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu arrived, Lord Nityananda Prabhu stood up. They then saw how the others were enjoying the chipped rice with yogurt and condensed milk.
\n.
\nAntya 6.79
\nsakala kundira, holnara cidara eka eka grasa
\nmahaprabhura mukhe dena kari\u2019 parihasa
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nFrom each and every pot, Lord Nityananda Prabhu took one morsel of chipped rice and pushed it into the mouth of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as a joke.
\n.
\nAntya 6.80
\nhasi\u2019 mahaprabhu ara eka grasa lana
\ntanra mukhe diya khaoyaya hasiya hasiya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nSri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, also smiling, took a morsel of food, pushed it into the mouth of Nityananda and laughed as He made Lord Nityananda eat it.
\n.
\nAntya 6.81
\nei-mata nitai bule sakala mandale
\ndandana ranga dekhe vaishnava sakale
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nIn this way Lord Nityananda was walking through all the groups of eaters, and all the Vaishnavas standing there were seeing the fun.
\n.
\nAntya 6.82
\nki kariya bedaya,\u2014\u2014iha keha nahi jane
\nmahaprabhura darsana pa ya kona bhagyavane
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nNo one could understand what Nityananda Prabhu was doing as He walked about. Some, however, who were very fortunate, could see that Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was also present.
\n.
\nAntya 6.83
\ntabe hasi\u2019 nityananda vasila asane
\ncari kundi aroya cida rakhila dahine
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThen Nityananda Prabhu smiled and sat down. On His right side He kept four pots of chipped rice that had not been made from boiled paddy.
\n.
\nAntya 6.84
\nasana diya mahaprabhure tahan vasaila
\ndui bhai tabe cida khaite lagila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nLord Nityananda offered Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu a place and had Him sit down. Then together the two brothers began eating chipped rice.
\n.
\nAntya 6.85
\ndekhi\u2019 nityananda-prabhu anandita haila
\nkata kata bhavavesa prakasa karila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nSeeing Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu eating with Him, Lord Nityananda Prabhu became very happy and exhibited varieties of ecstatic love.
\n.
\nAntya 6.86
\najna dila,\u2014\u2014\u2018hari bali\u2019 karaha bhojana\u2019
\n\u2018hari\u2019 \u2018hari\u2019-dhvani uthi\u2019 bharila bhuvana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nLord Nityananda Prabhu ordered,\u201cAll of you eat, chanting the holy name of Hari.\u201d Immediately the holy names \u201cHari, Hari\u201d resounded, filling the entire universe.
\n.
\nAntya 6.87
\n\u2018hari\u2019 \u2018hari\u2019 bali\u2019 vaishnava karaye bhojana
\npulina-bhojana sabara ha-ila smarana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nWhen all the Vaishnavas were chanting the holy names\u201cHari, Hari\u201d and eating, they remembered how Krishna and Balarama ate with Their companions the cowherd boys on the bank of the Yamuna.
\n.
\nAntya 6.88
\nnityananda mahaprabhu\u2014\u2014kripalu, udara
\nraghunathera bhagye eta kaila angikara
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nSri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Lord Nityananda Prabhu are extremely merciful and liberal. It was Raghunatha dasa\u2019s good fortune that They accepted all these dealings.
\n.
\nAntya 6.89
\nnityananda-prabhava-kripa janibe kon jana?
\nmahaprabhu ani\u2019 kara ya pulina-bhojana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nWho can understand the influence and mercy of Lord Nityananda Prabhu? He is so powerful that He induced Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to come eat chipped rice on the bank of the Ganges.
\n.
\nAntya 6.90
\nsri-ramadasadi gopa premavishta haila
\nganga-tire \u2018yamuna-pulina\u2019 jnana kaila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAll the confidential devotees who were cowherd boys, headed by Sri Ramadasa, were absorbed in ecstatic love. They thought the bank of the Ganges to be the bank of the Yamuna.
\n.
\nAntya 6.91
\nmahotsava suni\u2019 pasari nana-grama haite
\ncida, dadhi, sandesa, kala anila vecite
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nWhen the shopkeepers of many other villages heard about the festival, they arrived there to sell chipped rice, yogurt, sweetmeats and bananas.
\n.
\nAntya 6.92
\nyata dravya lana aise, saba mulya kari\u2019 laya
\ntara dravya mulya diya tahare khaoyaya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAs they came, bringing all kinds of food, Raghunatha dasa purchased it all. He gave them the price for their goods and later fed them the very same food.
\n.
\nAntya 6.93
\nkautuka dekhite aila yata yata jana
\nsei cida, dadhi, kala karila bhakshana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAnyone who came to see how these funny things were going on was also fed chipped rice, yogurt and bananas.
\n.
\nAntya 6.94
\nbhojana kari\u2019 nityananda acamana kaila
\ncari kundira avasesha raghunathe dila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAfter Lord Nityananda Prabhu finished eating, He washed His hands and mouth and gave Raghunatha dasa the food remaining in the four pots.
\n.
\nAntya 6.95
\nara tina kundikaya avasesha chila
\ngrase-grase kari\u2019 vipra saba bhakte dila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThere was food remaining in the three other big pots of Lord Nityananda, and a brahmana distributed it to all the devotees, giving a morsel to each.
\n.
\nAntya 6.96
\npushpa-mala vipra ani\u2019 prabhu-gale dila
\ncandana aniya prabhura sarvange lepila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThen a brahmana brought a flower garland, placed the garland on Nityananda Prabhu\u2019s neck and smeared sandalwood pulp all over His body.
\n.
\nAntya 6.97
\nsevaka tambula lana kare samarpana
\nhasiya hasiya prabhu karaye carvana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nWhen a servant brought betel nuts and offered them to Lord Nityananda, the Lord smiled and chewed them.
\n.
\nAntya 6.98
\nmala-candana-tambula sesha ye achila
\nsri-haste prabhu taha sabakare banti\u2019 dila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nWith His own hands Lord Nityananda Prabhu distributed to all the devotees whatever flower garlands, sandalwood pulp and betel nuts remained.
\n.
\nAntya 6.99
\nanandita raghunatha prabhura \u2018sesha, pana
\napanara gana-saha khaila bantiya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAfter receiving the remnants of food left by Lord Nityananda Prabhu, Raghunatha dasa, who was greatly happy, ate some and distributed the rest among his own associates.
\n.
\nAntya 6.100
\nei ta\u2019 kahilun nityanandera vihara
\n\u2018cida-dadhi-mahotsava\u2019-name khyati yara
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThus I have described the pastimes of Lord Nityananda Prabhu in relation to the celebrated festival of chipped rice and yogurt.
\n.
\nAntya 6.101
\nprabhu visrama kaila, yadi dina-sesha haila
\nraghava-mandire tabe kirtana arambhila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nNityananda Prabhu rested for the day, and when the day ended He went to the temple of Raghava Pandita and began congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord.
\n.
\nAntya 6.102
\nbhakta saba nacana nityananda-raya
\nseshe nritya kare preme jagat bhasaya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nLord Nityananda Prabhu first influenced all the devotees to dance, and finally He Himself began dancing, thus inundating the entire world in ecstatic love.
\n.
\nAntya 6.103
\nmahaprabhu tanra nritya karena darasana
\nsabe nityananda dekhe, na dekhe anya-jana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nLord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was observing the dancing of Lord Nityananda Prabhu. Nityananda Prabhu could see this, but the others could not.
\n.
\nAntya 6.104
\nnityanandera nritya,\u2014\u2014yena tanhara nartane
\nupama dibara nahi e-tina bhuvane
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThe dancing of Lord Nityananda Prabhu, like the dancing of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, cannot be compared to anything within these three worlds.
\n.
\nAntya 6.105
\nnrityera madhuri keba varnibare pare
\nmahaprabhu aise yei nritya dekhibare
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nNo one can properly describe the sweetness of Lord Nityananda\u2019s dancing. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally comes to see it.
\n.
\nAntya 6.106
\nnritya kari\u2019 prabhu yabe visrama karila
\nbhojanera lagi\u2019 pandita nivedana kaila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAfter the dancing and after Lord Nityananda had rested, Raghava Pandita submitted his request that the Lord take supper.
\n.
\nAntya 6.107
\nbhojane vasila prabhu nija-gana lana
\nmahaprabhura asana dahine patiya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nLord Nityananda Prabhu sat down for supper with His personal associates and made a sitting place on His right side for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
\n.
\nAntya 6.108
\nmahaprabhu asi\u2019 sei asane vasila
\ndekhi\u2019 raghavera mane ananda badila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nSri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came there and sat down at His place. Seeing this, Raghava Pandita felt increasing happiness. Raghava Pandita felt increasing happiness.
\n.
\nAntya 6.109
\ndui-bhai-age prasada aniya dharila
\nsakala vaishnave piche parivesana kaila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nRaghava Pandita brought the prasada before the two brothers and thereafter distributed prasada to all the other Vaishnavas.
\n.
\nAntya 6.110
\nnana-prakara pitha, payasa, divya salyanna
\namrita nindaye aiche vividha vyanjana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThere were varieties of cakes, sweet rice and fine cooked rice that surpassed the taste of nectar. There were also varieties of vegetables.
\n.
\nAntya 6.111
\nraghava-thakurera prasada amritera sara
\nmahaprabhu yaha khaite aise bara bara
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThe food prepared and offered to the Deity by Raghava Pandita was like the essence of nectar. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came there again and again to eat such prasada.
\n.
\nAntya 6.112
\npaka kari\u2019 raghava yabe bhoga lagaya
\nmahaprabhura lagi\u2019 bhoga prithak badaya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nWhen Raghava Pandita offered the food to the Deity after cooking, he would make a separate offering for Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
\n.
\nAntya 6.113
\nprati-dina mahaprabhu karena bhojana
\nmadhye madhye prabhu tanre dena darasana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nEvery day, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would eat at the house of Raghava Pandita. Sometimes He would give Raghava Pandita the opportunity to see Him.
\n.
\nAntya 6.114
\ndui bhaire raghava ani\u2019 parivese
\nyatna kari\u2019 khaoyaya, na rahe avaseshe
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nRaghava Pandita would bring and distribute prasada to the two brothers, feeding Them with great attention. They ate everything, and therefore there were no remnants left.
\n.
\nAntya 6.115
\nkata upahara ane, hena nahi jani
\nraghavera ghare randhe radha-thakurani
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nHe brought so many presentations that no one could know them perfectly. Indeed, it was a fact that the supreme mother, Radharani, personally cooked in the house of Raghava Pandita.
\n.
\nAntya 6.116
\ndurvasara thani tenho panachena vara
\namrita ha-ite paka tanra adhika madhura
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nSrimati Radharani received from Durvasa Muni the benediction that whatever She cooked would be sweeter than nectar. (Gopal Champu) That is the special feature of Her cooking.
\n.
\nAntya 6.117
\nsugandhi sundara prasada\u2014\u2014madhuryera sara
\ndui bhai taha khana santosha apara
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAromatic and pleasing to see, the food was the essence of all sweetness. Thus the two brothers, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Lord Nityananda Prabhu, ate it with great satisfaction.
\n.
\nAntya 6.118
\nbhojane vasite raghunathe kahe sarva-jana
\npandita kahe,\u2014\u2014inha pache karibe bhojana\u2019
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAll the devotees present requested Raghunatha dasa to sit down and take prasada, but Raghava Pandita told them,\u201cHe will take prasada later.\u201d
\n.
\nAntya 6.119
\nbhakta-gana akantha bhariya karila bhojana
\n\u2018hari\u2019 dhvani kari\u2019 uthi\u2019 kaila acamana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAll the devotees took prasada, filling themselves to the brim. Thereafter, chanting the holy name of Hari, they stood up and washed their hands and mouths.
\n.
\nAntya 6.120
\nbhojana kari\u2019 dui bhai kaila acamana
\nraghava ani\u2019 paraila malya-candana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAfter eating, the two brothers washed Their hands and mouths. Then Raghava Pandita brought fIower garlands and sandalwood pulp and decorated Them.
\n.
\nAntya 6.121
\nbida khaoyaila, kaila carana vandana
\nbhakta-gane dila bida, malya-candana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nRaghava Pandita offered Them betel nuts and worshiped Their lotus feet. He also distributed betel nuts, flower garlands and sandalwood pulp to the devotees.
\n.
\nAntya 6.122
\nraghavera kripa raghunathera upare
\ndui bhaiera avasishta patra dila tanre
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nRaghava Pandita, being very merciful toward Raghunatha dasa, offered him the dishes with the remnants of food left by the two brothers.
\n.
\nAntya 6.123
\nkahila,\u2014\u2014\u201ccaitanya gosani kariyachena bhojana
\ntanra sesha paile, tomara khandila bandhana\u201d
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nHe said, \u201cLord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has eaten this food. If you take His remnants, you will be released from the bondage of your family.\u201d
\n.
\nAntya 6.124
\nbhakta-citte bhakta-grihe sada avasthana
\nkabhu gupta, kabhu vyakta, svatantra bhagavan
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThe Supreme Personality of Godhead always resides either in the heart or in the home of a devotee. This fact is sometimes hidden and sometimes manifest, for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is fully independent.
\n.
\nAntya 6.125
\nsarvatra \u2018vyapaka\u2019 prabhura sada sarvatra vasa
\nihate samsaya yara, sei yaya nasa
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThe Supreme Personality of Godhead is all-pervasive, and therefore He resides everywhere. Anyone who doubts this will be annihilated.
\n.
\nAntya 6.126
\nprate nityananda prabhu ganga-snana kariya
\nsei vriksha-mule vasila nija-gana lana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nIn the morning, after taking His bath in the Ganges, Nityananda Prabhu sat down with His associates beneath the same tree under which He had previously sat.
\n.
\nAntya 6.127
\nraghunatha asi\u2019 kaila carana vandana
\nraghava-pandita-dvara kaila nivedana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nRaghunatha dasa went there and worshiped Lord Nityananda\u2019s lotus feet. Through Raghava Pandita, he submitted his desire.
\n.
\nAntya 6.128
\n\u201cadhama, pamara mui hina jivadhama!
\nmora iccha haya\u2014\u2014pana caitanya-carana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cI am the lowest of men, the most sinful, fallen and condemned. Nevertheless, I desire to attain the shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
\n.
\nAntya 6.129
\nvamana hana yena canda dharibare caya
\naneka yatna kainu, tate kabhu siddha naya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cLike a dwarf who wants to catch the moon, I have tried my best many times, but I have never been successful.
\n.
\nAntya 6.130
\nyata-bara palai ami grihadi chadiya
\npita, mata\u2014\u2014dui more rakhaye bandhiya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cEvery time I tried to go away and give up my home relationships, my father and mother unfortunately kept me bound.<\/p>\n

Antya 6.131
\ntomara kripa vina keha \u2018caitanya\u2019 na paya
\ntumi kripa kaile tanre adhameha paya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cNo one can attain the shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu without Your mercy, but if You are merciful, even the lowest of men ca attain shelter at His lotus feet.
\n.
\nAntya 6.132
\nayogya mui nivedana karite kari bhaya
\nmore \u2018caitanya\u2019 deha\u2019 gosani hana sadaya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cAlthough I am unfit and greatly afraid to submit this plea, I nevertheless request You, sir, to be especially merciful toward me by granting me shelter at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
\n.
\nAntya 6.133
\nmora mathe pada dhari\u2019 karaha prasada
\nnirvighne caitanya pana\u2014\u2014kara asirvada\u201d
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cPlacing Your feet on my head, give me the benediction that I may achieve the shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu without difficulty. I pray for this benediction.\u201d
\n.
\nAntya 6.134
\nsuni\u2019 hasi\u2019 kahe prabhu saba bhakta-gane
\n\u201cihara vishaya-sukha\u2014\u2014indra-sukha-sama
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAfter hearing this appeal by Raghunatha dasa, Lord Nityananda Prabhu smiled and told all the devotees, \u201cRaghunatha dasa\u2019s standard of material happiness is equal to that of Indra, the King of heaven.
\n.
\nAntya 6.135
\ncaitanya-kripate seha nahi bhaya mane
\nsabe asirvada kara\u2014\u2014pauka caitanya-carane
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cBecause of the mercy bestowed upon him by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Raghunatha dasa, although situated in such material happiness, does not like it at all. Therefore let every one of you be merciful toward him and give him the benediction that he may very soon attain shelter at the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
\n.
\nAntya 6.136
\nkrishna-pada-padma-gandha yei jana paya
\nbrahmaloka-adi-sukha tanre nahi bhaya\u201d
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cOne who experiences the fragrance of the lotus feet of Lord Krishna does not even value the standard of happiness available in Brahmaloka, the topmost planet. And what to speak of heavenly happiness?
\n.
\nAntya 6.137
\nyo dustyajan dara-sutan
\nsuhrid-rajyam hridi-sprisah
\njahau yuvaiva malavad
\nuttama-sloka-lalasah
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cLord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is offered sublime, poetic prayers by those trying to attain His favor. Thus He is known as Uttamasloka. Being very eager to gain the association of Lord Krishna, King Bharata, although in the prime of youth, gave up his very attractive wife, affectionate children, most beloved friends and opulent kingdom, exactly as one gives up stool after excreting it.\u2019 \u201d
\nPURPORT
\nThis verse is from Srimad-Bhagavatam (5.14.43).
\n.
\nAntya 6.138
\ntabe raghunathe prabhu nikate bolaila
\ntanra mathe pada dhari\u2019 kahite lagila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThen Lord Nityananda Prabhu called Raghunatha dasa near Him, placed His lotus feet upon Raghunatha dasa\u2019s head and began to speak.
\n.
\nAntya 6.139
\n\u201ctumi ye karaila ei pulina-bhojana
\ntomaya kripa kari\u2019 gaura kaila agamana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cMy dear Raghunatha dasa,\u201d He said, \u201csince you arranged the feast on the bank of the Ganges, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came here just to show you His mercy.
\n.
\nAntya 6.140
\nkripa kari\u2019 kaila cida-dugdha bhojana
\nnritya dekhi\u2019 ratrye kaila prasada bhakshana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cBy His causeless mercy He ate the chipped rice and milk. Then, after seeing the dancing of the devotees at night, He took His supper.
\n.
\nAntya 6.141
\ntoma uddharite gaura aila apane
\nchutila tomara yata vighnadi-bandhane
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cLord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Gaurahari, came here personally to deliver you. Now rest assured that all the impediments meant for your bondage are gone.
\n.
\nAntya 6.142
\nsvarupera sthane toma karibe samarpane
\n\u2018antaranga\u2019 bhritya bali\u2019 rakhibe carane
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cSri Caitanya Mahaprabhu will accept you and place you under the charge of His secretary, Svarupa Damodara. You will thus become one of the most confidential internal servants and will attain the shelter of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
\n.
\nAntya 6.143
\nniscinta hana yaha apana-bhavana
\nacire nirvighne pabe caitanya-carana\u201d
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cBeing assured of all this, return to your own home. Very soon, without impediments, you will attain the shelter of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.\u201d
\n.
\nAntya 6.144
\nsaba bhakta-dvare tanre asirvada karaila
\ntan-sabara carana raghunatha vandila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nLord Nityananda had Raghunatha dasa blessed by all the devotees, and Raghunatha dasa offered his respects to their lotus feet.
\n.
\nAntya 6.145
\nprabhu-ajna lana vaishnavera ajna la-ila
\nraghava-sahite nibhrite yukti karila<\/p>\n

TRANSLATION
\nAfter taking leave of Lord Nityananda Prabhu and then all the other Vaishnavas, Sri Raghunatha dasa consulted secretly with Raghava Pandita.
\n.
\nAntya 6.146
\nyukti kari\u2019 sata mudra, sona tola-sate
\nnibhrite dila prabhura bhandarira hate
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAfter consulting with Raghava Pandita, he secretly delivered one hundred gold coins and about seven tolas of gold to the hand of Nityananda Prabhu\u2019s treasurer.
\n.
\nAntya 6.147
\ntanre nishedhila,\u2014\u2014\u201cprabhure ebe na kahiba
\nnija-ghare yabena yabe tabe nivediba\u201d
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nRaghunatha dasa admonished the treasurer, \u201cDo not speak about this to Lord Nityananda Prabhu now, but when He returns home, kindly inform Him about this presentation.\u201d
\n.
\nAntya 6.148
\ntabe raghava-pandita tanre ghare lana gela
\nthakura darsana karana mala-candana dila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThereupon, Raghava Pandita took Raghunatha dasa to his home. After inducing him to see the Deity, he gave Raghunatha dasa a garland and sandalwood pulp.
\n.
\nAntya 6.149
\naneka \u2018prasada\u2019 dila pathe khaibare
\ntabe punah raghunatha kahe panditere
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nHe gave Raghunatha dasa a large quantity of prasada to eat on his way home. Then Raghunatha dasa again spoke to Raghava Pandita.
\n.
\nAntya 6.150
\n\u201cprabhura sange yata mahanta, bhritya asrita jana
\npujite cahiye ami sabara carana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cI want to give money,\u201d he said, \u201cjust to worship the lotus feet of all the great devotees, servants and subservants of Lord Nityananda Prabhu.
\n.
\nAntya 6.151
\nbisa, panca-dasa, bara, dasa, panca haya
\nmudra deha\u2019 vicari\u2019 yara yata yogya haya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\n\u201cAs you think fit, give twenty, fifteen, twelve, ten or five coins to each of them.\u201d
\n.
\nAntya 6.152
\nsaba lekha kariya raghava-pasa dila
\nyanra name yata raghava cithi lekhaila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nRaghunatha dasa drew up an account of the amount to be given and submitted it to Raghava Pandita, who then made up a list showing how much money was to be paid to each and every devotee.
\n.
\nAntya 6.153
\neka-sata mudra ara sona tola-dvaya
\npanditera age dila kariya vinaya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nWith great humility, Raghunatha dasa placed one hundred gold coins and about two tolas of gold before Raghava Pandita for all the other devotees.
\n.
\nAntya 6.154
\ntanra pada-dhuli lana svagrihe aila
\nnityananda-kripa pana kritartha manila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAfter taking dust from the feet of Raghava Pandita, Raghunatha dasa returned to his home, feeling greatly obligated to Lord Nityananda Prabhu because of having received His merciful benediction.<\/p>\n

\u2014 \u2014 \u2014<\/p>\n

Panihati even to this day remains the rice trading capital of Bengal, and as many of you would know Bengal is the rice capital of India. In India they decide that as well as puffing the rice they can flatten the rice. This makes for a variety in taste and it is easily digested and cools the Body.<\/p>\n

There are many varieties of the Ciradadhi, the base of it is usually as mentioned in Chaitanya Charitamrita; two pots were brought by each devotee one of chipped rice soaked in yogurt and the other of chipped rice soaked in condensed milk. There are also many nice fruits such as bananas, mango, chikoo, papaya, etc different sugars, rose water, saffron, camphor, etc etc\u2026\u2026that are carefully and tastefully combined making a suptuous feast for the Lord. So some are sweet with yogurt, and some are sweet with condensed milk (khoya), and some are salty with yogurt\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

Here are the references:
\nAntya 6.53
\ncida, dadhi, dugdha, sandesa, ara cini, kala
\nsaba dravya anana caudike dharila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nRaghunatha dasa brought chipped rice, yogurt, milk, sweetmeats, sugar, bananas and other eatables and placed them all around.
\n.
\nAntya 6.54
\n\u2018mahotsava\u2019-nama suni\u2019 brahmana-sajjana
\nasite lagila loka asankhya-ganana
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nAs soon as they heard that a festival was going to be held, all kinds of brahmanas and other gentlemen began to arrive. Thus there were innumerable people.
\n.
\nAntya 6.55
\nara gramantara haite samagri anila
\nsata dui-cari holna tanha anaila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nSeeing the crowd increasing, Raghunatha dasa arranged to get more eatables from other villages. He also brought two to four hundred large, round earthen pots.
\n.
\nAntya 6.56
\nbada bada mrit-kundika anaila panca sate
\neka vipra prabhu lagi\u2019 cida bhijaya tate
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nHe also obtained five or seven especially large earthen pots, and in these pots a brahmana began soaking chipped rice for the satisfaction of Lord Nityananda.
\n.
\nAntya 6.57
\n.eka-thani tapta-dugdhe cida bhijana
\nardheka chanila dadhi, cini, kala diya
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nIn one place, chipped rice was soaked in hot milk in each of the large pots. Then half the rice was mixed with yogurt, sugar and bananas.
\n.
\nAntya 6.58
\nara ardheka ghanavrita-dugdhete chanila
\ncanpa-kala, cini, ghrita, karpura tate dila
\n.
\nTRANSLATION
\nThe other half was mixed with condensed milk and a special type of banana known as canpa-kala. Then sugar, clarified butter and camphor were added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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