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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.150
“দেখ, — জগদানন্দ প্রসাদ পায় কি না পায় ।
শীঘ্র আসি’ সমাচার কহিবে আমায় ।।” ১৫০ ।। ॥ ১৫০ ॥
“dekha, — jagadānanda prasāda pāya ki nā pāya
śīghra āsi’ samācāra kahibe āmāya”
The Lord told him, “Go see whether Jagadānanda Paṇḍita is eating. Then quickly return and let Me know.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord asks Govinda to see whether Jagadānanda Paṇḍita is eating.
He tells Govinda to return quickly and report what he finds.
The Lord’s concern includes making sure that Jagadānanda Paṇḍita actually takes his meal.
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.
When someone’s well-being concerns you, do you gently follow up?
Check whether someone you care for has had their meal, rather than simply assuming they have.
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