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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.40
ঝালির উপর ‘মুন্সিব’ মকরধ্বজ-কর ।
প্রাণরূপে ঝালি রাখে হঞা তৎপর ॥ ৪০ ॥
jhālira upara ‘munsiba’ makaradhvaja-kara
prāṇa-rūpe jhāli rākhe hañā tatpara
The superintendent for all those bags was Makaradhvaja Kara, who kept them with great attention like his very life.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Makaradhvaja Kara was the superintendent responsible for all the bags.
He kept them with great attention.
He cared for the bags like his very life, showing how seriously he took his responsibility.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How carefully do I look after what has been entrusted to me?
Check on one thing entrusted to your care and make sure it is safe.
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