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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.110
সেই দ্রব্যে এত আস্বাদ, গন্ধ লোকাতীত ।
আস্বাদ করিয়া দেখ, — সবার প্রতীত ॥ ১১০ ॥
sei dravye eta āsvāda, gandha lokātīta
āsvāda kariyā dekha, — sabāra pratīta
“However,” the Lord continued, “in these ingredients there are extraordinary tastes and uncommon fragrances. Just taste them and see the difference in the experience.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Although the ingredients were familiar, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu pointed out their extraordinary tastes.
Their fragrances were also uncommon, unlike the ordinary experience of these ingredients.
The Lord invited the devotees to taste the prasādam themselves and see the difference in their experience.
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:
He later became the greatest poet among the Vaiṣṇava ācāryas. 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.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.
What does the Lord’s invitation to taste and notice teach me about attentiveness?
When you receive prasādam today, recall the Lord’s invitation to taste it and notice its qualities.
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