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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.129
“আপনে প্রসাদ লহ, পাছে মুঞি লইমু ।
তোমার আগ্রহ আমি কেমনে খণ্ডিমু ?” ১২৯ ॥ ১২৯ ॥
“āpane prasāda laha, pāche muñi la-imu
tomāra āgraha āmi kemane khaṇḍimu?”
“Please first take prasādam Yourself, and I shall eat later. I shall not refuse Your request.”
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Jagadānanda Paṇḍita asked the Lord to take prasādam first.
He said that he would eat later.
He assured the Lord that he would not refuse His request, expressing his wish to serve without rejecting the Lord’s invitation.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you express your wish to serve while also respecting another person’s request?
When someone offers you care today, acknowledge it warmly rather than simply refusing.
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