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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.107
পূর্বে যদি গৌড় হইতে ভক্তগণ আইল ।
প্রভুরে কিছু খাওয়াইতে সবার ইচ্ছা হৈল ॥ ১০৭ ॥
pūrve yadi gauḍa ha-ite bhakta-gaṇa āila
prabhure kichu khāoyāite sabāra icchā haila
Formerly, when all the devotees had arrived from Bengal, they all desired to give Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu something to eat.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The account recalls when the devotees had arrived from Bengal.
All of them desired to give Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu something to eat.
This shared desire found practical expression in the prasādam they brought, as the next verse describes.
Tender service. Food prepared and carried with love becomes a medium of intimate exchange.
The mood of Antya 10 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:
Somehow or other Govinda, the personal servant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, crossed over the Lord’s body and massaged His feet. Govinda could not go out that day, however, and therefore he was unable to accept prasādam.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What touches you about each devotee’s desire to give the Lord something to eat?
Pause before a meal today to reflect on the devotees’ eagerness to feed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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