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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.117
দশমে — কহিলুঁ ভক্তদত্ত-আস্বাদন ।
রাঘব-পণ্ডিতের তাহাঁ ঝালির সাজন ॥ ১১৭ ॥
daśame — kahiluṅ bhakta-datta-āsvādana
rāghava-paṇḍitera tāhāṅ jhālira sājana
In the tenth chapter I have described how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu tasted the food given by His devotees, and I have also described the assortments in the bags of Rāghava Paṇḍita.
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The tenth chapter describes how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu tasted food given by His devotees.
It also describes the assortments in the bags of Rāghava Paṇḍita.
This summary draws attention to the devotees’ gifts of food and the Lord’s tasting them.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What draws your attention to the relationship between the devotees’ gifts and the Lord’s acceptance?
Today, reread this verse and pause to appreciate the devotees’ gifts of food.
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