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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.31
শালি-ধান্যের খই পুনঃ ঘৃতেতে ভাজিয়া ।
চিনি-পাক উখ্ড়া কৈলা কর্পূরাদি দিয়া ॥ ৩১ ॥
śāli-dhānyera kha-i punaḥ ghṛtete bhājiyā
cini-pāka ukhḍā kailā karpūrādi diyā
She took parched rice from fine paddy, fried it in ghee, cooked it in a sugar solution, mixed in some camphor and thus made a preparation called ukhḍā or muḍki.
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She took parched rice from fine paddy and fried it in ghee.
She cooked the rice in a sugar solution and mixed in camphor.
The resulting preparation was called ukhḍā or muḍki.
Tender service. Food prepared and carried with love becomes a medium of intimate exchange.
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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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Sevā · Love translated into service
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In this verse: “cooked”
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Read the preparation steps once more and write down the two names of this sweet.
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