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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.39
সংক্ষেপে কহিলুঁ এই ঝালির বিচার ।
‘রাঘবের ঝালি’ বলি’ বিখ্যাতি যাহার ॥ ৩৯ ॥
saṅkṣepe kahiluṅ ei jhālira vicāra
‘rāghavera jhāli’ bali’ vikhyāti yāhāra
Thus I have briefly described the bags that have become famous as rāghavera jhāli.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The bags became famous as rāghavera jhāli.
The author says that he has described them only briefly.
The preceding verses describe the attention given to packing, sealing, and carrying these bags.
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:
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 . The day when all the devotees arrived at Jagannātha Purī, Lord Govinda was enjoying sporting pastimes in the waters of the lake known as Narendra-sarovara.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do I notice about the care behind the famous rāghavera jhāli?
Review the preceding descriptions and name one detail of careful service you want to follow.
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