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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.37
সামান্য ঝালি হৈতে দ্বিগুণ ঝালি কৈলা ।
পারিপাটি করি’ সব ঝালি ভরাইলা ॥ ৩৭ ॥
sāmānya jhāli haite dviguṇa jhāli kailā
pāripāṭi kari’ saba jhāli bharāilā
From small bags Damayantī made bags that were twice as large. Then with great attention she filled all the large ones with the small ones.
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Damayantī made larger bags that were twice the size of the small ones.
She filled the large bags with the small bags, giving this work great attention.
Her careful packing shows that even the practical details of service deserve care.
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
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which small detail in my service could receive more attention?
Carefully organize one item you use in devotional service today.
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