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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.38
শুক্লাম্বর–ব্রহ্মচারী বড় ভাগ্যবান্ ।
যাঁর অন্ন মাগি’ কাড়ি’ খাইলা ভগবান্ ॥ ৩৮ ॥
śuklāmbara-brahmacārī baḍa bhāgyavān
yāṅra anna māgi’ kāḍi’ khāilā bhagavān
The sixteenth branch, Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī, was very fortunate because Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu jokingly or seriously begged food from him or sometimes snatched it from him forcibly and ate it.
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Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī lived in Navadvīpa and is described as Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s first companion in the saṅkīrtana movement.
After returning from Gayā following initiation, Lord Caitanya stayed with him because He wanted to hear about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.
Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī collected rice as alms, and the Lord enjoyed eating the rice he cooked. The Lord begged rice from him, performing a pastime similar to Lord Kṛṣṇa’s begging food from the wives of the yajñic brāhmaṇas.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Belonging and gratitude. Many devotees become branches of one living network of devotion.
The mood of Ādi 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Back to this verse in Ādi 10
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “branch”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “saṅkīrtana”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cooked”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What touches you about the Lord’s pleasure in Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī’s rice and accounts of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes?
Read aloud the account here of the Lord enjoying Śuklāmbara Brahmacārī’s rice.
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