iṣṭa-goṣṭhī - discussion of spiritual matters; sabā lañā - taking all the devotees; kata-kṣaṇa - for some time; kailā - did; nija nija - respective; pūrva-vāsāya - to the former residences; sabāya - all; pāṭhāilā - He sent.

After talking with all the devotees for some time, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked them to occupy the individual residences in which they had lived the previous year.