Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 3.35
An Empty Plate and a Doubt
“ ‘In a moment, after you had wiped your eyes, you saw that the plate you had offered Me was empty. Then you thought, “I dreamt as if Nimāi were eating everything.”
What the purport teaches
- After wiping her eyes, mother Śacī saw that the plate she had offered was empty.
- She thought she had dreamt that Nimāi was eating everything.
- Her thought contrasts with His assurance in the preceding verse that He had come and eaten.
Try this today
Read this verse alongside the preceding one, noticing what the Lord says and what mother Śacī thinks.
Ask yourself
How does the Lord’s account differ from mother Śacī’s understanding of what happened?
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.