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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.23
শুণ্ঠিখণ্ড নাড়ু, আর আমপিত্তহর ।
পৃথক্ পৃথক্ বান্ধি’ বস্ত্রের কুথলী ভিতর ॥ ২৩ ॥
śuṇṭhi-khaṇḍa nāḍu, āra āma-pitta-hara
pṛthak pṛthak bāndhi’ vastrera kuthalī bhitara
She made sweetmeat balls with dried ginger to remove mucus caused by too much bile. She put all these preparations separately into small cloth bags.
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Damayantī made sweetmeat balls with dried ginger.
She prepared them to remove mucus caused by too much bile. This was part of her concern for the Lord’s well-being.
She placed all these preparations separately into small cloth bags.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What practical detail could I attend to more carefully in my service?
Neatly separate and pack the items needed for one act of service today.
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