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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.93
মাতা কহে, — “কত রান্ধি উত্তম ব্যঞ্জন ।
নিমাঞি ইঁহা খায়, — ইচ্ছা হয় মোর মন ॥ ৯৩ ॥
mātā kahe, — “kata rāndhi uttama vyañjana
nimāñi ihāṅ khāya, — icchā haya mora mana
Śacīmātā said, “I wish Nimāi would eat all the nice vegetables I cook. That is my desire.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śacīmātā expresses her wish that Nimāi would eat the nice vegetables she cooks.
Her desire is centered on His eating and enjoying what she prepares.
Cooking is a concrete expression of her motherly affection for Nimāi.
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 year before, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita had been sent to Śacīmātā with prasādam and cloth. This year he returned to Purī with a big pot of floral-scented sandalwood oil to massage the Lord’s head.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.
What can you learn from Śacīmātā's simple desire to prepare something pleasing for Nimāi?
While preparing food today, pause to remember Śacīmātā's wish to feed Nimāi.
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