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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.132
আপনে খাইবে কৃষ্ণ, তাহার লাগিয়া ।
তোমার হস্তে পাক করায় উত্তম করিয়া ॥ ১৩২ ॥
āpane khāibe kṛṣṇa, tāhāra lāgiyā
tomāra haste pāka karāya uttama kariyā
“Because He will personally eat the food, Kṛṣṇa makes you cook so nicely.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that Kṛṣṇa would personally eat the food.
He explained that Kṛṣṇa therefore made Jagadānanda Paṇḍita cook so nicely.
While accepting the meal Himself, the Lord spoke of Kṛṣṇa personally eating it.
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 does remembering Kṛṣṇa’s help change the way I view my abilities?
As you prepare food today, remember Kṛṣṇa and take care with one simple part of the preparation.
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