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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 16.96
‘সুকৃতি-লভ্য ফেলা-লব’ — বলেন বারবার ।
ঈশ্বর-সেবক পুছে, — ‘কি অর্থ ইহার’ ? ৯৬ ।। ॥ ৯৬ ॥
‘sukṛti-labhya phelā-lava’ — balena bāra-bāra
īśvara-sevaka puche, — ‘ki artha ihāra’?
The Lord said again and again, “Only by great fortune may one come by a particle of the remnants of food offered to the Lord.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord repeatedly said that only by great fortune can one receive a particle of food offered to the Lord.
His words emphasized the value of even a particle of these remnants.
The servants of the Jagannātha temple asked what His statement meant.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
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: “offered”, “servants”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How would valuing even a particle of prasādam shape your gratitude?
When receiving prasādam today, pause to remember the great fortune of receiving even a small portion.
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