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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.87
পুরী-ভারতীর সঙ্গে প্রভু ভিক্ষা কৈলা ।
সকল বৈষ্ণব তবে ভোজন করিলা ॥ ৮৭ ॥
purī-bhāratīra saṅge prabhu bhikṣā kailā
sakala vaiṣṇava tabe bhojana karilā
With Paramānanda Purī and Brahmānanda Bhāratī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sat down and accepted the prasādam. When He began to eat, so did all the Vaiṣṇavas.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sat down with Paramānanda Purī and Brahmānanda Bhāratī.
He accepted the prasādam in their company.
When He began eating, all the Vaiṣṇavas began eating too.
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.
How does the devotees’ waiting highlight their regard for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Before accepting prasādam today, recall how the Vaiṣṇavas waited for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to begin.
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