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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 10.159

Food Offerings and Dancing Enrich the Narration

“In the midst of that narration are descriptions of Rāghava Paṇḍita’s bags of food and the dancing in the temple of Jagannātha.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 10.159, translation

What the purport teaches

  • The narration includes descriptions of Rāghava Paṇḍita’s bags of food.
  • It also includes descriptions of dancing in the temple of Jagannātha.
  • These descriptions appear within the account of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepting invitations and prasādam.

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Read this verse aloud, giving attention to both details it asks you to remember.

Ask yourself

Which detail draws your attention more: the bags of food or the dancing in the temple?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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