atithi-viprera anna khÄila tina-bÄra
pÄche gupte sei vipre karila nistÄra
atithi - guest; viprera - of a brÄhmaṇa; anna - food; khÄila - ate; tina-bÄra - thrice; pÄche - afterwards; gupte - in privacy; sei - that; vipre - unto the brÄhmaṇa; karila - made; nistÄra - deliverance.
The story of the deliverance of this brÄhmaṇa is as follows. A brÄhmaṇa who was touring all over the country, traveling from one place of pilgrimage to another, reached NavadvÄ«pa and became a guest in the house of JagannÄtha MiÅ›ra. JagannÄtha MiÅ›ra gave him all ingredients for cooking, and the brÄhmaṇa prepared his food. When the brÄhmaṇa was offering the food to Lord Viṣṇu in meditation, child NimÄi came before him and began to eat it, and because of this the brÄhmaṇa thought the whole offering had been spoiled. Therefore by the request of JagannÄtha MiÅ›ra he cooked for a second time, but when he was meditating the child again came before him and began to eat the food, again spoiling the offering. By the request of JagannÄtha MiÅ›ra the brÄhmaṇa cooked for a third time, but for a third time the Lord came before him and began to eat the food, although the child had been locked within a room and everyone was sleeping because it was late at night. Thus, thinking that on that day Lord Viṣṇu was not willing to accept his food and that he was therefore ordained to fast, the brÄhmaṇa became greatly agitated and cried aloud, hÄya hÄya: “What has been done! What has been done!†When Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu saw the brÄhmaṇa in that agitated state, He told him, “Formerly I was the son of mother YaÅ›odÄ. At that time also you became a guest in the house of Nanda MahÄrÄja, and I disturbed you in this way. I am very much pleased by your devotion. Therefore I am eating the food you have prepared.†Understanding the favor offered to him by the Lord, the brÄhmaṇa was greatly pleased, and he was overwhelmed with love of Kṛṣṇa. He was thankful to the Lord, for he felt himself greatly fortunate. Then the Lord asked the brÄhmaṇa not to disclose the incident to anyone else. This pastime is very elaborately explained in the Caitanya-bhÄgavata, Ä€di-khaṇá¸a, chapter five.