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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.100
এই ত’ কহিলুঁ নিত্যানন্দের বিহার ।
‘চিড়া-দধি-মহোৎসব’-নামে খ্যাতি যার ॥ ১০০ ॥
ei ta’ kahiluṅ nityānandera vihāra
‘ciḍā-dadhi-mahotsava’-nāme khyāti yāra
Thus I have described the pastimes of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu in relation to the celebrated festival of chipped rice and yogurt.
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The author concludes his description of the celebrated festival of chipped rice and yogurt.
He identifies these events as the pastimes of Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.
The preceding verses describe Lord Nityānanda’s personal distribution of gifts and Raghunātha dāsa’s joyful sharing of food remnants.
Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
The mood of Antya 6 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:
Then Raghunātha dāsa went to Pānihāṭi, and following the order of Nityānanda Prabhu, he observed a festival ( ciḍā-dadhi-mahotsava ) by distributing chipped rice mixed with yogurt. The day after the festival, Nityānanda Prabhu gave Raghunātha dāsa the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festival”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distribution”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which act of giving in this festival account would you like to remember?
Reread one of the preceding festival verses and write down one detail you want to remember.
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