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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.8
রঘুনাথ-দাসের তেঁহো হয় জ্ঞাতি-খুড়া ।
বৈষ্ণবের উচ্ছিষ্ট খাইতে তেঁহো হৈল বুড়া ॥ ৮ ॥
raghunātha-dāsera teṅho haya jñāti-khuḍā
vaiṣṇavera ucchiṣṭa khāite teṅho haila buḍā
Kālidāsa was an uncle of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī. Throughout his entire life, even in his old age, he tried to eat the remnants of food left by Vaiṣṇavas.
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Kālidāsa was an uncle of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī.
Throughout his entire life, he tried to eat the remnants of food left by Vaiṣṇavas.
He continued this practice even in his old age.
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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What does Kālidāsa’s lifelong effort suggest about his regard for Vaiṣṇavas?
Reread the verse today and write one sentence about the steadiness of Kālidāsa’s regard for Vaiṣṇavas.
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