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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.80
ভক্তশ্রম জানি’ কৈলা কীর্তন সমাপন ।
সবা লঞা আসি’ কৈলা সমুদ্রে স্নপন ॥ ৮০ ॥
bhakta-śrama jāni’ kailā kīrtana samāpana
sabā lañā āsi’ kailā samudre snapana
Understanding the fatigue of the devotees, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stopped the congregational chanting. Then He bathed in the sea, accompanied by them all.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu understood the fatigue of the devotees.
He responded by stopping the congregational chanting.
He then bathed in the sea, accompanied by all the devotees.
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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Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”, “congregational”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to adjust a shared activity when others become tired?
Offer a tired companion a chance to pause rather than urging them to continue.
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