17.102

vipra saba nimantraya, prabhu nahi mane

prabhu kahe,--’aji mora hanache nimantrane’

SYNONYMS

vipra—the brahmanas; saba—all; nimantraya—invite; prabhu—Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nahi mane—does not accept; prabhu kahe—the Lord replies; aji—today; mora—My; hanache—has been; nimantrane—invitation.

When the brahmanas of Varanasi would invite Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to lunch, the Lord would not accept their invitations.

He would reply, “I have already been invited somewhere else.”