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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.44
প্রাণিমাত্র লইতে না পায় সেই জল ।
অন্তরঙ্গ ভক্ত লয় করি’ কোন ছল ॥ ৪৪ ॥
prāṇi-mātra la-ite nā pāya sei jala
antaraṅga bhakta laya kari’ kona chala
Because of the Lord’s strict order, no living being could take the water. Some of His intimate devotees, however, would take it by some trick.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord’s strict order prevented anyone from taking the water that had washed His feet.
Some of His intimate devotees nevertheless took it by some trick.
The verse places the Lord’s restriction alongside His intimate devotees’ eagerness to obtain the water.
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 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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “washed”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does their effort to obtain the water suggest about how much they valued it?
Reread this verse beside the Lord’s order, noticing both the restriction and the devotees’ eagerness.
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