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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.58
পাক-সামগ্রী আনহ, আমি যাহা চাই ।’ যে মাগিল, শিবানন্দ আনি’ দিলা তাই ॥ ৫৮ ॥
pāka-sāmagrī ānaha, āmi yāhā cāi’
ye māgila, śivānanda āni’ dilā tāi
Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī said to Śivānanda, “Please bring whatever cooking ingredients I want.” Thus Śivānanda Sena immediately brought whatever he asked for.
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Nṛsiṁhānanda asked Śivānanda to bring whatever cooking ingredients he wanted.
Śivānanda Sena immediately brought whatever Nṛsiṁhānanda requested.
Śivānanda’s part in the preparations was to supply the ingredients for Nṛsiṁhānanda’s cooking.
Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.
The mood of Antya 2 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:
Thus he described the glories of Nṛsiṁhānanda and other devotees. A devotee named Bhagavān Ācārya was exceptionally faithful to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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How can you help someone else carry out their service today?
Ask someone preparing an offering whether you can bring one needed ingredient.
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