Madhya 3.42

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TEXT

তিন ঠাঞি ভোগ বাড়াইল সম করি' ।
কৃষ্ণের ভোগ বাড়াইল ধাতু-পাত্রোপরি ॥ ৪২ ॥

tina thani bhoga badaila sama kari'

krsnera bhoga badaila dhatu-patropari

SYNONYMS

tina thani-in three places; bhoga-cooked foodstuffs; badaila-distributed; sama-equal; kari'-making; krsnera bhoga-the foodstuff offered to Krsna; badaila-was arranged; dhatu-patra upari-on a metal plate.

TRANSLATION

All the prepared foods were divided into three equal parts. One part was arranged on a metal plate for offering to Lord Krsna.

PURPORT

The word badaila, meaning "increased," is very significant in this verse. It is a sophisticated word used by the grhasthas in Bengal. Whenever food is prepared and we take away a portion, the food is actually decreased. But here it is the system to say badaila, or "increased." If food is prepared for Krsna and offered to Him and the Vaisnavas, the stock is increased, never decreased.

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