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CC Madhya 11.68 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 68

narendre āsiyā sabe haila vidyamāna
tāṅ-sabāre cāhi vāsā prasāda-samādhāna


SYNONYMS

narendre—on the bank of Lake Narendra; āsiyā—coming; sabe—all of them; haila vidyamāna—staying; tāṅ-sabāre—for all of them; cāhi—I want; vāsā—residential quarters; prasāda—for distributing prasāda; samādhāna—arrangement.


TRANSLATION

"All of them have already arrived on the bank of Lake Narendra and are waiting there. I desire residential quarters and prasāda arrangements for them."


PURPORT

Narendra is a small lake still existing in Jagannātha Purī, where the Candana-yātrā festival takes place. Up to the present date, all the Bengali devotees who visit the Jagannātha temple first take their bath in this lake. There they wash their hands and feet before entering the temple.