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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 10.94
প্রভু কহে, — ‘ভিতরে তবে আইলা কেমনে ? তৈছে কেনে প্রসাদ লৈতে না কৈলা গমনে ?’ ৯৪ ।। ॥ ৯৪ ॥
prabhu kahe, — ‘bhitare tabe āilā kemane?
taiche kene prasāda laite nā kailā gamane?’
The Lord asked, “How did you enter the room? Why didn’t you go out to take your lunch in the same way?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord asked how Govinda had entered the room.
He also asked why Govinda had not gone out in the same way to take lunch.
The surrounding verses reveal Govinda’s distinction between acting for the Lord’s service and acting for himself.
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:
Then He lay down at the door of the Gambhīrā to take rest. Somehow or other Govinda, the personal servant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, crossed over the Lord’s body and massaged His feet.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 10
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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 do you distinguish between serving the Lord and seeking your own convenience?
Before one act of service today, pause and consider whose satisfaction you are seeking.
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