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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.106
মধ্যে মধ্যে মহাপ্রভুর করেন নিমন্ত্রণ ।
ঘর-ভাত করেন, আর বিবিধ ব্যঞ্জন ॥ ১০৬ ॥
madhye madhye mahāprabhura karena nimantraṇa
ghara-bhāta karena, āra vividha vyañjana
He would periodically cook rice with various vegetables and invite Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to his home.
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Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa would periodically cook rice with various vegetables.
He would invite Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to his home to eat.
Cooking and welcoming the Lord were concrete ways he served during his stay.
Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
By this incident, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed everyone that sannyāsīs and Vaiṣṇavas should not hear women singing. When Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī left Vārāṇasī on his way to Jagannātha Purī after completing his education, he met Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa Paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
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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
In this verse: “served”
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Help prepare one meal today with care, remembering Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa’s service.
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