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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.88
হেনকালে ‘গোপাল-বল্লভ’-ভোগ লাগাইল ।
শঙ্খ-ঘণ্টা-আদি সহ আরতি বাজিল ॥ ৮৮ ॥
hena-kāle ‘gopāla-vallabha’-bhoga lāgāila
śaṅkha-ghaṇṭā-ādi saha ārati bājila
The offering of food known as gopāla-vallabha-bhoga was then given to Lord Jagannātha, and ārati was performed with the sound of the conch and the ringing of bells.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The food offering known as gopāla-vallabha-bhoga is given to Lord Jagannātha.
Ārati is then performed.
The worship is accompanied by the sound of the conch and the ringing of bells.
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 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate the remnants of food known as vallabha-bhoga, He described the glories of such remnants of the Lord’s food and then fed all the devotees the prasādam. Thus they all tasted adharāmṛta, the nectar from the lips of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 16
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do the food offering and sounds of worship help you appreciate this scene?
Spend a minute recalling the food offering, ārati, conch, and bells, keeping Lord Jagannātha at the center of the scene.
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