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pratah-kale ratha-yatra habeka janiya

sevaka lagaya bhoga dviguna kariya

SYNONYMS

pratah-kale—in the morning; ratha-yatra—the car festival; habeka—would take place; janiya—knowing; sevaka—the priestly servants of the Lord; lagaya—offer; bhoga—food; dvi-guna kariya—increasing to double.

Knowing that the car festival would take place in the morning, all the servants of Lord Jagannatha were doubling their offerings of food.