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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.115
তুমি সে না খাও, তাঁরা পুছে বার বার ।
কত বঞ্চনা করিমু, কেমনে আমার নিস্তার ?” ১১৫ ॥ ১১৫ ॥
tumi se nā khāo, tāṅrā puche bāra bāra
kata vañcanā karimu, kemane āmāra nistāra?”
“You do not eat it, but they ask me again and again. How long shall I go on cheating them? How shall I be freed from this responsibility?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Govinda explained that the Lord was not eating the food, while the devotees kept asking about it.
He asked how long he would have to go on cheating them. His words expressed distress over giving them false answers.
He asked the Lord how he could be freed from this responsibility.
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:
Govinda could not go out that day, however, and therefore he was unable to accept prasādam. From the character of Govinda it is to be learned that we may sometimes commit offenses for the service of the Lord, but not for sense gratification.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.
Is there a responsibility I need to discuss openly instead of covering over the difficulty?
Where you feel pressured to give a reassuring but inaccurate answer, state the actual situation kindly.
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