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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.19
‘মনুষ্য’-বুদ্ধি দময়ন্তী করে প্রভুর পায় ।
গুরু-ভোজনে উদরে কভু ‘আম’ হঞা যায় ॥ ১৯ ॥
‘manuṣya’-buddhi damayantī kare prabhura pāya
guru-bhojane udare kabhu ‘āma’ hañā yāya
Because of her natural love for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Damayantī considered the Lord an ordinary human being. Therefore she thought that He would become sick by overeating and there would be mucus within His abdomen.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Because of pure love, the devotees of Kṛṣṇa in Goloka Vṛndāvana, Vrajabhūmi, loved Him as an ordinary human being like themselves. Their love for Him knew no bounds.
Similarly, Rāghava Paṇḍita and Damayantī thought of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as a human being because of their extreme love. Their love for Him was boundless.
Damayantī worried that overeating would make the Lord sick. She thought He might develop amla-pitta, an indigestion-related condition characterized by stomach acidity.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
The food had been cooked by his sister, Damayantī, who then packed it in bags ( jhāli ). Thus the stock of food was generally known as rāghavera jhāli, “the bags of Rāghava . ” Makaradhvaja Kara, an inhabitant of Pānihāṭi who accompanied Rāghava Paṇḍita, was the secretary in charge of accounting for the rāghavera jhāli .Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”, “pure love”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”, “vrajabhūmi”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Damayantī’s concern help you understand the personal care expressed in her love?
Spend a minute reflecting on how Damayantī’s concern for the Lord’s well-being arose from her boundless love.
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