prabhu tÄá¹…re namaskari' kaila nimantraṇa
bhiká¹£Ä karÄiyÄ tÄá¹…re kaila nivedana
prabhu - the Lord; tÄá¹…re - to him; namaskari' - offering obeisances; kaila - did; nimantraṇa - invitation; bhiká¹£Ä - alms; karÄiyÄ - giving; tÄá¹…re - to him; kaila - submitted; nivedana - His prayer.
The Lord offered him respectful obeisances and invited him to His house. After feeding him sumptuously, He submitted to him His petition.
According to the system of Vedic society, whenever an unknown sannyÄsÄ« comes to a village or town, someone must invite him to take prasÄdam in his home. SannyÄsÄ«s generally take prasÄdam in the house of a brÄhmaṇa because the brÄhmaṇa worships the Lord NÄrÄyaṇa Å›ilÄ, or Å›ÄlagrÄma-Å›ilÄ, and therefore there is prasÄdam that the sannyÄsÄ« may take. KeÅ›ava BhÄratÄ« accepted the invitation of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu. Thus the Lord had a good opportunity to explain His desire to take sannyÄsa from him.
