CC Ādi 17.88
Adi-līlā, Chapter 17, Text 88
এই মত বারমাস কীর্তন–অবসানে ।
আম্রমহোৎসব প্রভু করে দিনে দিনে ॥ ৮৮ ॥
আম্রমহোৎসব প্রভু করে দিনে দিনে ॥ ৮৮ ॥
ei mata bāra-māsa kīrtana-avasāne
āmra-mahotsava prabhu kare dine dine
āmra-mahotsava prabhu kare dine dine
Word by word
ei mata — in this way; bāra-māsa — for twelve months; kīrtana — chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra; avasāne — at the end; āmra-mahā-utsava — festival of eating mangoes; prabhu — the Lord; kare — performs; dine dine — every day.
Translation
In this way the Lord performed saṅkīrtana every day, and at the end of saṅkīrtana there was a mango-eating festival every day for twelve months.
Purport
On principle, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu would distribute prasādam at the end of kīrtana performances. Similarly, the members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement must distribute some prasādam to the audience after performing kīrtana.