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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.73
সিংহদ্বারে আসি’ প্রভু পসারির ঠাঁই ।
আঁচল পাতিয়া প্রসাদ মাগিলা তথাই ॥ ৭৩ ॥
siṁha-dvāre āsi’ prabhu pasārira ṭhāṅi
āṅcala pātiyā prasāda māgilā tathāi
Approaching the Siṁha-dvāra gate, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spread His cloth and began to beg prasādam from all the shopkeepers there.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu approached the Siṁha-dvāra gate and spread His cloth to receive prasādam.
He personally began begging from all the shopkeepers there.
His request was for the festival honoring the passing away of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
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:
He personally entombed the body, covered it with sand and erected a platform on the site. After taking a bath in the sea, He personally begged prasādam of Jagannātha from shopkeepers and distributed prasādam to the assembled devotees.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 11
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Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festival”
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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What can I learn from the Lord’s willingness to personally beg for this festival?
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