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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.116
জ্যৈষ্ঠমাসে প্রভু যমেশ্বর-টোটা আইলা ।
ভক্ত-অনুরোধে তাহাঁ ভিক্ষা যে করিলা ॥ ১১৬ ॥
jyaiṣṭha-māse prabhu yameśvara-ṭoṭā āilā
bhakta-anurodhe tāhāṅ bhikṣā ye karilā
In that month of May-June, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to the garden of Yameśvara [Lord Śiva] and accepted prasādam there at the request of the devotees.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
During May-June, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to the garden of Yameśvara, Lord Śiva.
The devotees requested Him to accept prasādam there.
The Lord accepted their request and took prasādam in the garden.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
The mood of Antya 4 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:
One day Sanātana Gosvāmī was summoned by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who wanted him to come to Yameśvara-ṭoṭā. Sanātana Gosvāmī reached the Lord through the path along the beach by the sea.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do I notice about the devotees’ wish to serve the Lord?
If you have an opportunity to share prasādam today, offer it to someone with a kind invitation.
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