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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.45
একদিন প্রভু তাঁহা পাদ প্রক্ষালিতে ।
কালিদাস আসি’ তাহাঁ পাতিলেন হাতে ॥ ৪৫ ॥
eka-dina prabhu tāṅhā pāda prakṣālite
kālidāsa āsi’ tāhāṅ pātilena hāte
One day as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was washing His feet in that place, Kālidāsa came and extended his palm to take the water.
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One day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was washing His feet in that place.
Kālidāsa came while the Lord was washing.
He extended his palm to take the water that had washed the Lord’s feet.
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.
How does Kālidāsa’s simple gesture express his desire?
Pause over the image of Kālidāsa’s extended palm, and reflect on his eagerness.
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