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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.56
পূর্ব-বৎসরের ঝালি আজাড় করিয়া ।
দ্রব্য ভরিবারে রাখে অন্য গৃহে লঞা ॥ ৫৬ ॥
pūrva-vatsarera jhāli ājāḍa kariyā
dravya bharibāre rākhe anya gṛhe lañā
Govinda thoroughly emptied the bags from the previous year and kept them in another room to fill them with other goods.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Govinda thoroughly emptied the bags from the previous year.
He kept the emptied bags in another room.
The bags were saved to be filled with other goods. His work included preparing them for further use.
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.
What could I prepare for reuse rather than leave unattended?
Empty and set aside one reusable bag today so it is ready for its next use.
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