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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.28
কতেক চিড়া হুড়ুম্ করি’ ঘৃতেতে ভাজিয়া ।
চিনি-পাকে নাড়ু কৈলা কর্পূরাদি দিয়া ॥ ২৮ ॥
kateka ciḍā huḍum kari’ ghṛtete bhājiyā
cini-pāke nāḍu kailā karpūrādi diyā
She made some of the flat rice into puffed rice, fried it in ghee, cooked it in sugar juice, mixed in some camphor and rolled it into balls.
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She made some of the flat rice into puffed rice and fried it in ghee.
She cooked it in sugar juice, mixed in camphor and rolled it into balls.
The sequence of preparation shows the care given to these eatables.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cooked”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I give more care to the small steps of a task?
Prepare one item of food today with unhurried attention to each step.
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