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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.143
রসুইর কার্য কৈরাছে রামাই, রঘুনাথ ।
ইঁহা সবায় দিতে চাহি কিছু ব্যঞ্জন-ভাত ।।” ১৪৩ ।। ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
rasuira kārya kairāche rāmāi, raghunātha
iṅhā sabāya dite cāhi kichu vyañjana-bhāta”
“Rāmāi Paṇḍita and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa did the cooking, and I want to give them some rice and vegetables.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Rāmāi Paṇḍita and Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa had done the cooking.
Jagadānanda wanted to give them some rice and vegetables.
His arrangements included feeding those whose work had made the meal possible.
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.
Do I remember the needs of those who work behind the scenes?
Thank someone who prepares food and check that they have a portion too.
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