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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.14
ভূঁইমালি-জাতি, ‘বৈষ্ণব’ — ‘ঝড়ু’ তাঁর নাম ।
আম্রফল লঞা তেঁহো গেলা তাঁর স্থান ॥ ১৪ ॥
bhūṅimāli-jāti, ‘vaiṣṇava’ — ‘jhaḍu’ tāṅra nāma
āmra-phala lañā teṅho gelā tāṅra sthāna
There was a great Vaiṣṇava named Jhaḍu Ṭhākura, who belonged to the bhūṅimāli caste. Kālidāsa went to his home, taking mangoes with him.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Jhaḍu Ṭhākura is described as a great Vaiṣṇava belonging to the bhūṅimāli caste. Kālidāsa went to his home with mangoes.
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura remarks that both Kālidāsa and Jhaḍu Ṭhākura are worshiped at Śrīpāṭabāṭī, in the village known as Bhedo or Bhaduyā.
Jhaḍu Ṭhākura worshiped the Deity of Śrī Madana-gopāla. The purport also records the continued worship of the Deities associated with him and Kālidāsa.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Sweetness amidst longing. Jagannātha’s prasādam awakens intense awareness of Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When the Bengali devotees of the Lord returned to Jagannātha Purī, a gentleman named Kālidāsa, who was an uncle of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, went with them to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Kālidāsa had tasted the remnants of food of all the Vaiṣṇavas in Bengal, even Jhaḍu Ṭhākura.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
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