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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 15.16
একদিন নৈবেদ্য–তাম্বুল খাইয়া ।
ভূমিতে পড়িলা প্রভু অচেতন হঞা ॥ ১৬ ॥
eka-dina naivedya-tāmbūla khāiyā
bhūmite paḍilā prabhu acetana hañā
One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate betel nuts offered to the Deity, but they acted as an intoxicant, and He fell down on the ground unconscious.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate betel nuts offered to the Deity and fell unconscious. The purport explains that betel nuts are intoxicating and prohibited by the regulative principles.
This pastime teaches that one should not take betel nuts, even when offered to Viṣṇu, just as one should not take grains on Ekādaśī.
The Lord’s fainting had a particular purpose. As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He can do whatever He likes, but we should not imitate His pastimes.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Wonder touched by grief. Learning, family duty, the loss of Jagannātha Miśra, and marriage create mixed feeling.
The mood of Ādi 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He forbade His mother to take grains on the Ekādaśī day. He narrated a story that Viśvarūpa, after accepting the sannyāsa order, invited Him in a dream to accept sannyāsa also , but the Lord refused and was therefore sent back home.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 15
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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 can I learn from the Lord’s conduct without assuming I may imitate everything He does?
Note today that betel nuts are to be avoided even when offered to Viṣṇu.
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