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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.107
এক-কলস সুগন্ধি তৈল গৌড়েতে করিয়া ।
ইঁহা আনিয়াছে বহু যতন করিয়া ।।” ১০৭ ।। ॥ ১০৭ ॥
eka-kalasa sugandhi taila gauḍete kariyā
ihāṅ āniyāche bahu yatana kariyā”
“He prepared a large jug of it in Bengal, and with great care he has brought it here.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Jagadānanda prepared a large jug of oil in Bengal.
He brought it with great care, showing the effort behind his offering.
His careful preparation did not mean the Lord would accept the oil for His own use.
Loving anger and reconciliation. Jagadānanda’s hurt over rejected oil is healed through personal service and prasāda.
The mood of Antya 12 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:
The year before, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita had been sent to Śacīmātā with prasādam and cloth. This year he returned to Purī with a big pot of floral-scented sandalwood oil to massage the Lord’s head.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do I respond when something I prepare carefully is not accepted?
Give careful attention to one task you do for someone today, without insisting on a particular response.
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