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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.146
“তুমি শীঘ্র যাহ করিতে পাদসম্বাহনে ।
কহিহ, — ‘পণ্ডিত এবে বসিল ভোজনে’ ॥ ১৪৬ ॥
“tumi śīghra yāha karite pāda-samvāhane
kahiha, — ‘paṇḍita ebe vasila bhojane’
“Go quickly and massage the Lord’s feet,” he said. “You may tell Him, ‘The Paṇḍita has just sat down to take his meal.’
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Jagadānanda Paṇḍita asks Govinda to go quickly and massage the Lord’s feet.
He also asks Govinda to tell the Lord that he has sat down to eat.
His instructions combine personal service to the Lord with news that will ease the Lord’s concern.
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:
This year he returned to Purī with a big pot of floral-scented sandalwood oil to massage the Lord’s head. The Lord, however, would not accept the oil, and because of His refusal, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita broke the pot in front of Him and began to fast.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
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Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
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