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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.35
ক্ষণেকে অশ্রু মুছিয়া শূন্য দেখি’ পাত ।
স্বপন দেখিলুঁ, ‘যেন নিমাঞি খাইল ভাত’ ॥ ৩৫ ॥
kṣaṇeke aśru muchiyā śūnya dekhi’ pāta
svapana dekhiluṅ, ‘yena nimāñi khāila bhāta’
“ ‘In a moment, after you had wiped your eyes, you saw that the plate you had offered Me was empty. Then you thought, “I dreamt as if Nimāi were eating everything.”
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After wiping her eyes, mother Śacī saw that the plate she had offered was empty.
She thought she had dreamt that Nimāi was eating everything.
Her thought contrasts with His assurance in the preceding verse that He had come and eaten.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He also especially requested Dāmodara Paṇḍita to remind His mother that He was sometimes going to her home to accept the food she offered. Thus, following the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Dāmodara Paṇḍita went to Navadvīpa, taking with him all kinds of prasādam from Lord Jagannātha.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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How does the Lord’s account differ from mother Śacī’s understanding of what happened?
Read this verse alongside the preceding one, noticing what the Lord says and what mother Śacī thinks.
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