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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 14.60
আনিয়া নৈবেদ্য তারা সম্মুখে ধরিল।
খাইয়া নৈবেদ্য তারে ইষ্টবর দিল ॥ ৬০ ॥
āniyā naivedya tārā sammukhe dharila
khāiyā naivedya tāre iṣṭa-vara dila
The girls then brought the offerings before the Lord, who ate them all and blessed the girls to their satisfaction.
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The girls brought their offerings before the Lord.
The Lord ate all the offerings they brought.
He blessed the girls, and His blessings satisfied them.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The chapter further describes how He displayed Himself as a naughty boy, how when His mother fainted He brought a coconut to her on His head, how He joked with girls of the same age on the banks of the Ganges, how He accepted worshipful paraphernalia from Śrīmatī Lakṣmīdevī, how He sat down in a garbage pit and instructed His mother in transcendental knowledge, how He left the pit on the order of His mother, and how He dealt with His father with full affection.”Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 14
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What stands out to you about the girls’ satisfaction after receiving the Lord’s blessings?
Spend a quiet moment remembering the Lord accepting the offerings and blessing the girls.
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