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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.55
গোবিন্দ-ঠাঞি রাঘব ঝালি সমর্পিলা ।
ভোজন-গৃহের কোণে ঝালি গোবিন্দ রাখিলা ॥ ৫৫ ॥
govinda-ṭhāñi rāghava jhāli samarpilā
bhojana-gṛhera koṇe jhāli govinda rākhilā
Rāghava Paṇḍita delivered the bags of eatables to Govinda, who kept them in a corner of the dining room.
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Rāghava Paṇḍita delivered the bags of eatables to Govinda.
Govinda received the bags and kept them in a corner of the dining room.
Their service included both delivering the eatables and putting them in a designated place.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “delivered”
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.
How carefully do I handle items entrusted to me for service?
Put one item used in your devotional service in a suitable, orderly place today.
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