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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 13.8
এক তূলী-বালিস গোবিন্দের হাতে দিলা ।
‘প্রভুরে শোয়াইহ ইহায়’ — তাহারে কহিলা ॥ ৮ ॥
eka tūlī-bālisa govindera hāte dilā
‘prabhure śoyāiha ihāya’ — tāhāre kahilā
In this way he made a quilt and a pillow, which he then gave to Govinda, saying, “Ask the Lord to lie on this.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Jagadānanda Paṇḍita made a quilt and a pillow.
He gave these items to Govinda.
He asked Govinda to request that the Lord lie on the bedding.
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:
Thinking Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was uncomfortable sleeping on bark of plantain trees, Jagadānanda made a pillow and quilt for Him. The Lord, however, did not accept them.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 do you appreciate about Jagadānanda Paṇḍita’s wish to ease the Lord’s rest?
Offer someone a simple comfort today, such as a pillow, and ask whether they would like to use it.
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