Antya 3-8

EN CC Antya 3 1975: “Govinda kept accumulating the food, and soon it filled a corner of the room. There was quite enough to feed at least a hundred people. All the devotees asked Govinda with great eagerness, ‘Have you given Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu the prasāda brought by me?’ When the devotees questioned Govinda, he had to tell them lies. Therefore one day he spoke to the Lord in disappointment, ‘Many respectable devotees, headed by Advaita ĀcĀrya, make a great endeavor to entrust me with varieties of food for You. You do not eat it, but they ask me again and again. How long shall I go on cheating them? How shall I be freed from this responsibility?’ ŚrĪ Caitanya MahĀprabhu replied, ‘Why are you so foolishly unhappy? Bring here to Me whatever they have given you.’ ŚrĪ Caitanya MahĀprabhu sat down to eat. Then Govinda offered Him the preparations one after another, and as he did so he spoke the name of the person who had given each one. In this way, Govinda gave everyone’s name as he put the food before the Lord. Being very Satisfied, the Lord began to eat it all. The hard sweets made of coconut, mukutā nārikela, the sweetballs, the many kinds of sweet drinks and all the other preparations were at least a month old, but although they were old, they had not become tasteless or stale. Indeed, they had all stayed fresh. That is the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Within a very short time, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate enough for a hundred people. Then He asked Govinda, ‘Is there anything more left?’ Govinda replied, 'Now there are only the bags of Raghava.’ The Lord said, ‘Let them remain today. I shall see them later.’ The next day, while taking His lunch in a secluded place, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu opened the bags of Raghava and inspected their contents one after another. He tasted a little of everything they contained and praised it for all its flavor and aroma.”