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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.75
যে কেহ জানে, আঁটি চুষিতে লাগিল ।
যে না জানে গৌড়িয়া পীলু চাবাঞা খাইল ॥ ৭৫ ॥
ye keha jāne, āṅṭi cuṣite lāgila
ye nā jāne gauḍiyā pīlu cāvāñā khāila
Those devotees who were familiar with pīlu fruits sucked on the seeds, but the Bengali devotees who did not know what they were chewed the seeds and swallowed them.
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The devotees familiar with pīlu fruits sucked on the seeds.
The Bengali devotees did not know what the fruits were. They chewed the seeds and swallowed them.
Although everyone happily received fruits from Vṛndāvana, they did not all know how to eat them.
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:
When Jagadānanda returned to Jagannātha Purī, he presented Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with some gifts from Sanātana Gosvāmī, and the incident of the pīlu fruit took place. Once, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became ecstatic upon hearing the songs of a deva-dāsī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 13
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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
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