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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.315
প্রসাদান্ন পসারির যত না বিকায় ।
দুই-তিন দিন হৈলে ভাত সড়ি’ যায় ॥ ৩১৫ ॥
prasādānna pasārira yata nā vikāya
dui-tina dina haile bhāta saḍi’ yāya
Lord Jagannātha’s prasādam is sold by shopkeepers, and that which is not sold decomposes after two or three days.
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Shopkeepers sell Lord Jagannātha’s prasādam.
What remains unsold decomposes after two or three days.
This description introduces the food that Raghunātha dāsa would later collect, showing the setting of his severe renunciation.
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:
For five days Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī took prasādam at the temple, but later he would stand at the Siṁha-dvāra gate and eat only whatever he could gather by alms. Later he lived by taking alms from various chatras, or food distributing centers.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 this description prepare me to appreciate Raghunātha dāsa’s renunciation?
Pause over the words “two or three days” and note what they reveal about the condition of the unsold prasādam.
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