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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.18
নখে চিরি’ চিরি’ তাহা অতি সূক্ষ্ম কৈলা ।
প্রভুর বহির্বাস দুইতে সে সব ভরিলা ॥ ১৮ ॥
nakhe ciri’ ciri’ tāhā ati sūkṣma kailā
prabhura bahirvāsa duite se saba bharilā
He then tore the leaves into very fine fibers with his nails and filled two of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s outer garments with the fibers.
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Svarūpa Dāmodara tore the dry banana leaves into very fine fibers with his nails.
He filled two of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s outer garments with these fibers.
Preparing the bedding involved careful, hands-on work with simple materials.
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:
Then Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī made another pillow and quilt from finely shredded plantain leaves, and after strongly objecting, the Lord accepted them. With the permission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita went to Vṛndāvana, where he discussed many devotional subjects with Sanātana Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
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