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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.59
প্রাতঃকাল হৈতে পাক করিলা অপার ।
নানা ব্যঞ্জন, পিঠা, ক্ষীর নানা উপহার ॥ ৫৯ ॥
prātaḥ-kāla haite pāka karilā apāra
nānā vyañjana, piṭhā, kṣīra nānā upahāra
Beginning early in the morning, Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī cooked many varieties of food, including vegetables, cakes, sweet rice and other preparations.
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Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī began cooking early in the morning.
He cooked many varieties of food rather than only one preparation.
The foods included vegetables, cakes, sweet rice and other preparations.
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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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: “cooked”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could you give a little more time and care to preparing an offering?
Begin one cooking preparation a little earlier today so that you can give it careful attention.
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