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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.54
ইষ্টগোষ্ঠী সবা লঞা কতক্ষণ কৈলা ।
নিজ নিজ পূর্ব-বাসায় সবায় পাঠাইলা ॥ ৫৪ ॥
iṣṭa-goṣṭhī sabā lañā kata-kṣaṇa kailā
nija nija pūrva-vāsāya sabāya pāṭhāilā
After talking with all the devotees for some time, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked them to occupy the individual residences in which they had lived the previous year.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spent some time talking with all the devotees.
He then asked them to occupy their individual residences.
These were the same residences in which they had lived the previous year. After feeding and speaking with them, He directed them to their lodging.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also enjoyed the ceremony in the water with His devotees. As previously, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu performed the cleansing ceremony at Guṇḍicā and chanted the famous verse jagamohana-pari-muṇḍā yāu.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 make time both to speak with others and to attend to their practical needs?
Take a few minutes today to speak with someone you are hosting and ask whether they need anything.
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