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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.78
স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি কহিলেন সব পসারিরে ।
এক এক দ্রব্যের এক এক পুঞ্জা দেহ’ মোরে ॥ ৭৮ ॥
svarūpa-gosāñi kahilena saba pasārire
eka eka dravyera eka eka puñjā deha’ more
Svarūpa Dāmodara said to all the shopkeepers, “Deliver to me four palmfuls of prasādam from each and every item.”
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Svarūpa Dāmodara gave all the shopkeepers a clear request.
He asked for four palmfuls of prasādam from each and every item.
This arrangement gathered varieties of prasādam from the shopkeepers.
Sacred grief and gratitude. The Lord personally honors Haridāsa’s departure and leads the funeral observances.
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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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “deliver”
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In this verse: “gathered”
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