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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.115
অষ্টমে — রামচন্দ্র-পুরীর আগমন ।
তাঁর ভয়ে কৈলা প্রভু ভিক্ষা সঙ্কোচন ॥ ১১৫ ॥
aṣṭame — rāmacandra-purīra āgamana
tāṅra bhaye kailā prabhu bhikṣā saṅkocana
The eighth chapter describes the arrival of Rāmacandra Purī and how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu minimized His eating due to fear of him.
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The eighth chapter describes the arrival of Rāmacandra Purī.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu minimized His eating.
The translation states that He did so due to fear of Rāmacandra Purī; it reports this event rather than giving the reader a dietary instruction.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
The mood of Antya 20 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:
For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses. Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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How can you distinguish an account of the Lord’s conduct from an instruction for your own conduct?
Reread this translation and name exactly what it reports, without turning it into a rule about eating.
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