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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.35
চূষি’ চূষি’ চোষা আঁঠি ফেলিলা পাটুয়াতে ।
তারে খাওয়াঞা তাঁর পত্নী খায় পশ্চাতে ॥ ৩৫ ॥
cūṣi’ cūṣi’ coṣā āṅṭhi phelilā pāṭuyāte
tāre khāoyāñā tāṅra patnī khāya paścāte
When he finished eating, he left the seeds on the banana leaf, and his wife, after feeding her husband, later began to eat.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After eating the mangoes, Jhaḍu Ṭhākura left the seeds on the banana leaf.
His wife had first attended to feeding her husband.
She then began to eat herself.
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:
Kālidāsa had tasted the remnants of food of all the Vaiṣṇavas in Bengal, even Jhaḍu Ṭhākura. Because of this, he received the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī.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 do you notice about the care shown in this simple meal?
At a meal today, check whether someone needs help before beginning your own meal.
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