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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.150
প্রভু কহে, — “এ বালক আমার মত জানে ।
সন্তুষ্ট হইলাঙ আমি ইহার নিমন্ত্রণে ।।” ১৫০ ।। ॥ ১৫০ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “ei bālaka āmāra mata jāne
santuṣṭa ha-ilāṅ āmi ihāra nimantraṇe”
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “This boy knows My mind. Therefore I am very satisfied to accept his invitation.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that Caitanya dāsa knew His mind.
The Lord directly expressed His satisfaction with the boy’s understanding.
Because of this thoughtful care, He was very satisfied to accept Caitanya dāsa’s invitation.
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.
Am I more concerned with my own arrangements or with what will please the person I serve?
Listen to one person’s preference today before arranging a small act of service.
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