1 · Learn4 of 6 · 5 min
Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.108
পরম সন্তোষে প্রভু করেন ভোজন ।
প্রভুর অবশিষ্ট-পাত্র ভট্টের ভক্ষণ ॥ ১০৮ ॥
parama santoṣe prabhu karena bhojana
prabhura avaśiṣṭa-pātra bhaṭṭera bhakṣaṇa
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would accept with great satisfaction all the food he prepared. After the Lord was satisfied, Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa would eat His remnants.
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted all the food Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa prepared.
The Lord ate with great satisfaction.
Only after the Lord was satisfied did Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa eat His remnants.
Concern and affectionate restraint. Devotees seek to care for the Lord while He maintains His renounced practice.
The mood of Antya 13 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:
When Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī left Vārāṇasī on his way to Jagannātha Purī after completing his education, he met Rāmadāsa Viśvāsa Paṇḍita. Viśvāsa Paṇḍita was very proud of his education, and being an impersonalist, he was not well received by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa’s order of serving and eating teach you about putting the Lord first?
Before your meal today, pause to remember how Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa first attended to the Lord’s satisfaction.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
Ask Caitanya CaritamrtaHave a question about CC Antya 13.108? Get an answer from the verses themselves.