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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 20.128
ষোড়শে — কালিদাসে প্রভু কৃপা করিলা ।
বৈষ্ণবোচ্ছিষ্ট খাইবার ফল দেখাইলা ॥ ১২৮ ॥
ṣoḍaśe — kālidāse prabhu kṛpā karilā
vaiṣṇavocchiṣṭa khāibāra phala dekhāilā
The sixteenth chapter tells how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu showed His mercy to Kālidāsa and thus demonstrated the result of eating the remnants of the food of Vaiṣṇavas.
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The sixteenth chapter tells how Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu showed mercy to Kālidāsa.
Through this mercy, He demonstrated the result of eating the remnants of the food of Vaiṣṇavas.
The summary connects these food remnants with receiving His mercy.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this connection with mercy shape your attitude toward the food remnants of Vaiṣṇavas?
Write one sentence about why the food remnants of Vaiṣṇavas deserve respect, using this translation.
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