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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.71
এই দুই–ঘরে প্রভু একাদশী দিনে ।
বিষ্ণুর নৈবেদ্য মাগি’ খাইল আপনে ॥ ৭১ ॥
ei dui-ghare prabhu ekādaśī dine
viṣṇura naivedya māgi’ khāila āpane
In their two houses Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu begged food on the Ekādaśī day and personally ate it.
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Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu begged food in the two houses on Ekādaśī and personally ate it.
The injunction to fast on Ekādaśī is especially meant for devotees. There are no restrictions regarding food that may be offered to the Lord on that day.
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took the food of Lord Viṣṇu in His ecstasy as viṣṇu-tattva.
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.
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: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this purport distinguish the devotees’ fasting from food offered to the Lord?
Write a short reminder that Ekādaśī fasting is meant for devotees, while food offerings to the Lord are not restricted.
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