ei-mata jagannÄtha karena bhojana
ei sukhe mahÄprabhura juá¸Äya nayana

 ei-mata - in this way; jagannÄtha - Lord JagannÄtha; karena bhojana - accepts His food; ei sukhe - in this happiness; mahÄprabhura - of Lord ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; juá¸Äya - become fully satisfied; nayana - the eyes.


Text

Indeed, ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu was fully satisfied just to see how Lord JagannÄtha accepted all the food.

Purport

Following in the footsteps of ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu, a Vaiṣṇava should be fully satisfied simply to see a variety of food offered to the Deity of JagannÄtha or RÄdhÄ-Kṛṣṇa. A Vaiṣṇava should not hunger for a variety of food for his own sake; rather, his satisfaction is in seeing various foods being offered to the Deity. In his Gurv-aṣṭaka, ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura writes:

catur-vidha-Å›rÄ«-bhagavat-prasÄda-
 svÄdv-anna-tá¹›ptÄn hari-bhakta-saá¹…ghÄn
kṛtvaiva tṛptiṠbhajataḥ sadaiva
 vande guroḥ Å›rÄ«-caraṇÄravindam

“The spiritual master is always offering Kṛṣṇa four kinds of delicious food [analyzed as that which is licked, chewed, drunk and sucked]. When the spiritual master sees that the devotees are satisfied by eating bhagavat-prasÄdam, he is satisfied. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.â€

The spiritual master’s duty is to engage his disciples in preparing varieties of nice foods to offer the Deity. After being offered, this food is distributed as prasÄdam to the devotees. These activities satisfy the spiritual master, although he himself does not eat or require such a variety of prasÄdam. By seeing to the offering and distribution of prasÄdam, he himself is encouraged in devotional service.