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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.122
‘আজি ভিক্ষা দিবা আমায় করিয়া রন্ধনে ।
মধ্যাহ্নে আসিব, এবে যাই দরশনে ।।’ ১২২ ।। ॥ ১২২ ॥
‘āji bhikṣā dibā āmāya kariyā randhane
madhyāhne āsiba, ebe yāi daraśane’
“I want you personally to cook My lunch today. I am going now to see the Lord in the temple. I shall return at noon.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Jagadānanda Paṇḍita personally to cook His lunch that day.
He was leaving to see the Lord in the temple.
He said He would return at noon, giving Jagadānanda Paṇḍita a clear time to prepare the meal.
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 Lord tried to pacify him and asked Jagadānanda Paṇḍita to cook for Him. Jagadānanda Paṇḍita became so pleased when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted his cooking that he broke his fast.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 you respond when someone personally asks for your service?
Give personal attention to one task someone has asked you to do today.
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