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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.117
সুগন্ধি সুন্দর প্রসাদ — মাধুর্যের সার ।
দুই ভাই তাহা খাঞা সন্তোষ অপার ॥ ১১৭ ॥
sugandhi sundara prasāda — mādhuryera sāra
dui bhāi tāhā khāñā santoṣa apāra
Aromatic and pleasing to see, the food was the essence of all sweetness. Thus the two brothers, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, ate it with great satisfaction.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The food was aromatic and pleasing to see.
It was described as the essence of all sweetness.
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu ate it with great satisfaction.
Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The day after the festival, Nityānanda Prabhu gave Raghunātha dāsa the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. After this incident, Raghunātha dāsa, with the help of his priest, whose name was Yadunandana Ācārya, got out of his house by trickery and thus ran away.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lords’ satisfaction shape your understanding of attentive service?
When preparing or serving food today, take one extra moment to make its presentation pleasing.
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