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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.33
কহিতে না জানি নাম এ-জন্মে যাহার ।
ঐছে নানা ভক্ষ্যদ্রব্য সহস্রপ্রকার ॥ ৩৩ ॥
kahite nā jāni nāma e-janme yāhāra
aiche nānā bhakṣya-dravya sahasra-prakāra
I could not mention the names of all these wonderful eatables, even in a lifetime. Damayantī made hundreds and thousands of varieties.
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Damayantī made hundreds and thousands of varieties of eatables.
The author describes these preparations as wonderful.
He says he could not mention all their names even in a lifetime, expressing their extraordinary abundance.
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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Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “names of”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I pause to appreciate the effort behind the food someone prepares?
Thank someone today for the care they put into preparing food.
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