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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.20
এত বলি’ মহাপ্রসাদ করিলা বন্দন ।
এক রঞ্চ লঞা তার করিলা ভক্ষণ ॥ ২০ ॥
eta bali’ mahā-prasāda karilā vandana
eka rañca lañā tāra karilā bhakṣaṇa
Saying this, he offered prayers to the mahā-prasādam, took a little portion, and ate it.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura offered prayers to the mahā-prasādam and took a little portion. Mahā-prasādam is nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa, so it should be honored rather than treated as ordinary food.
Prasāda means favor. One should receive mahā-prasādam as a favor of Kṛṣṇa.
Kṛṣṇa kindly offers food back to His devotees, satisfying their desire for different tastes while helping them advance in spiritual life. Ordinary food should never be considered equal to mahā-prasādam.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Sacred grief and gratitude. The Lord personally honors Haridāsa’s departure and leads the funeral observances.
The mood of Antya 11 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:
In this chapter it is described how Brahmā Haridāsa Ṭhākura gave up his body with the consent of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and how the Lord Himself personally performed the funeral ceremony and carried the body to the sea. He personally entombed the body, covered it with sand and erected a platform on the site.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 11
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: “offered”
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: “favor”
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: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How would remembering Kṛṣṇa’s favor change the way you receive mahā-prasādam?
When you next receive mahā-prasādam, pause to offer a prayer before honoring it.
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