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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.85
প্রভু না খাইলে কেহ না করে ভোজন ।
প্রভুরে সে দিনে কাশীমিশ্রের নিমন্ত্রণ ॥ ৮৫ ॥
prabhu nā khāile keha nā kare bhojana
prabhure se dine kāśī-miśrera nimantraṇa
All the devotees who sat down would not eat the prasādam as long as the Lord had not eaten. On that day, however, Kāśī Miśra had extended an invitation to the Lord.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
All the devotees were seated, but they would not yet eat the prasādam.
They waited because the Lord had not eaten.
Kāśī Miśra had invited the Lord that day, so His meal also needed attention.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can the devotees’ patient waiting teach me about consideration at mealtimes?
At a shared meal today, pause to check that others are ready before you begin.
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