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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.36
আঁঠি-চোষা সেই পাটুয়া-খোলাতে ভরিয়া ।
বাহিরে উচ্ছিষ্ট-গর্তে ফেলাইলা লঞা ॥ ৩৬ ॥
āṅṭhi-coṣā sei pāṭuyā-kholāte bhariyā
bāhire ucchiṣṭa-garte phelāilā lañā
After she finished eating, she filled the banana leaves and bark with the seeds, picked up the refuse and then threw it into the ditch where all the refuse was thrown.
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After eating, Jhaḍu Ṭhākura’s wife gathered the mango seeds into the banana leaves and bark.
She picked up the refuse and threw it into the ditch used for that purpose.
These discarded remnants become the focus of Kālidāsa’s joyful response in the next verse.
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:
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
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In this verse: “gathered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this ordinary act of clearing away prepare you for Kālidāsa’s response?
Read this verse alongside the next and note the contrast between discarding the remnants and receiving them with joy.
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