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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.131
“ক্রোধাবেশের পাকের হয় ঐছে স্বাদ ! এই ত’ জানিয়ে তোমায় কৃষ্ণের ‘প্রসাদ’ ॥ ১৩১ ॥
“krodhāveśera pākera haya aiche svāda!
ei ta’ jāniye tomāya kṛṣṇera ‘prasāda’
“Even when you cook in an angry mood,” He said, “the food is very delicious. This shows how pleased Kṛṣṇa is with you.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that the food was very delicious, even though it had been cooked in an angry mood.
He described the delicious cooking as a sign that Kṛṣṇa was pleased with Jagadānanda Paṇḍita.
The Lord’s praise directs attention beyond the cook’s mood to Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure.
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
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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: “cooked”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When serving, how much attention do I give to pleasing Kṛṣṇa?
Before one small act of service today, pause and remember that you want to please Kṛṣṇa.
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