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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.9
গৌড়দেশে হয় যত বৈষ্ণবের গণ ।
সবার উচ্ছিষ্ট তেঁহো করিল ভোজন ॥ ৯ ॥
gauḍa-deśe haya yata vaiṣṇavera gaṇa
sabāra ucchiṣṭa teṅho karila bhojana
Kālidāsa ate the remnants of food of as many Vaiṣṇavas as there were in Bengal.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kālidāsa ate the remnants of food of Vaiṣṇavas throughout Bengal.
His respect extended to as many Vaiṣṇavas as there were there, rather than only a few chosen devotees.
The neighbouring verses show that he visited Vaiṣṇavas, brought gifts of food, and sought their remnants.
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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I show respect broadly to Vaiṣṇavas, or only to those I already know?
Today, respectfully greet a devotee whom you might otherwise overlook.
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