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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.114
অনেক ‘সুকৃতে’ ইহা হঞাছে সম্প্রাপ্তি ।
সবে এই আস্বাদ কর করি’ মহাভক্তি ।।” ১১৪ ।। ॥ ১১৪ ॥
aneka ‘sukṛte’ ihā hañāche samprāpti
sabe ei āsvāda kara kari’ mahā-bhakti”
“This prasādam has been made available only as a result of many pious activities. Now taste it with great faith and devotion.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
This prasādam has become available as the result of many pious activities.
The invitation is not merely to taste, but to taste with great faith.
Devotion is the spirit in which this prasādam is to be received.
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 can you give more attention to faith and devotion when receiving prasādam?
Before tasting prasādam today, pause and remember the invitation to receive it with faith and devotion.
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