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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.38
ঝালি বান্ধি’ মোহর দিল আগ্রহ করিয়া ।
তিন বোঝারি ঝালি বহে ক্রম করিয়া ॥ ৩৮ ॥
jhāli bāndhi’ mohara dila āgraha kariyā
tina bojhāri jhāli vahe krama kariyā
She then wrapped and sealed each and every bag with great attention. The bags were carried by three bearers, one after another.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Damayantī wrapped and sealed each and every bag with great attention.
Her care extended to every bag, not just to the collection as a whole.
Three bearers carried the bags, one after another.
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.
Do I give each part of a task the care it needs?
Before handing something over today, check that it is properly prepared.
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