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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.83
স্বরূপ কহে, — “প্রভু, বসি’ করহ দর্শন ।
আমি ইঁহা-সবা লঞা করি পরিবেশন ॥ ৮৩ ॥
svarūpa kahe, — “prabhu, vasi’ karaha darśana
āmi iṅhā-sabā lañā kari pariveśana
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “Please sit down and watch. With these men to help me, I shall distribute the prasādam.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī respectfully asked Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to sit down and watch.
He offered to take responsibility for distributing the prasādam.
He planned to serve with the help of the other men, rather than working alone.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distribute”, “distributing”
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: “serve”, “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where could I respectfully offer to share someone’s work?
Offer to take over one small serving task for someone who is already helping others.
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