Gītāvalī (A Collection of Songs)

Prasād-Sevāya
(During the Honoring of Spiritual Food) – Song 5

(This fifth song is to be sung while honoring the Lord’s khicurī)

(1)
bhāi-re!


eka-dina nīlācale, prasād-sevana-kāle,


mahāprabhu śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya

bolilen bhakta-gaṇe, khecarānna śuddha-mane,


sevā kori’ hao āj dhanya

1) O brothers! One day in Jagannātha Purī, at the time of honoring the Lord’s prasād, Mahāprabhu Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya said to all the devotees, “May you become blessed on this day by honoring the khicurī of the Lord in a pure state of mind.

(2)
khecarānna piṭhā-pānā, apūrva prasāda nānā,


jagannātha dilo tomā sabe


ākanṭha bhojana kori’, bolo mukhe ‘hari hari’,


avidyā-durita nāhi robe

2) “Lord Jagannātha has given you varieties of extraordinary and wonderful prasād, such as khicurī and piṭhā-pānā (a type of cake and condensed-milk preparation). Therefore, take all of this prasād until you are filled up to the neck, and with your voices chant ‘Hari! Hari!’ In such a transcendental atmosphere, ignorance and sin cannot remain.

(3)
jagannātha-prasādānna, viriñci-śambhura mānya,

khāile prema hoibe udoy

emona durlabha dhana, pāiyācho sarva-jana,

jaya jaya jagannātha jay

3) “These prasād food grains of Lord Jagannātha are worshipable even by Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva. Upon the eating of it, love of God arises within the heart. All of you have obtained such a rare treasure. All glories! All glories! All glories to Lord Jagannātha!”

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