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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.107
প্রসাদের সৌরভ্য-মাধুর্য করি’ আস্বাদন ।
অলৌকিক আস্বাদে সবার বিস্মিত হৈল মন ॥ ১০৭ ॥
prasādera saurabhya-mādhurya kari’ āsvādana
alaukika āsvāde sabāra vismita haila mana
As they tasted the uncommon sweetness and fragrance of the prasādam, everyone’s mind was struck with wonder.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotees tasted the uncommon sweetness of the prasādam.
Its fragrance, along with its sweetness, struck everyone’s mind with wonder.
Their shared experience prepares the way for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s explanation of its extraordinary qualities.
Sweetness amidst longing. Jagannātha’s prasādam awakens intense awareness of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.
The mood of Antya 16 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 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate the remnants of food known as vallabha-bhoga, He described the glories of such remnants of the Lord’s food and then fed all the devotees the prasādam. Thus they all tasted adharāmṛta, the nectar from the lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How attentively do I receive prasādam rather than treating it as something ordinary?
When receiving prasādam today, pause to notice its fragrance and taste attentively.
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