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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.323
আর গ্রাস লৈতে স্বরূপ হাতেতে ধরিলা ।
‘তব যোগ্য নহে’ বলি’ বলে কাড়ি’ নিলা ॥ ৩২৩ ॥
āra grāsa laite svarūpa hātete dharilā
‘tava yogya nahe’ bali’ bale kāḍi’ nilā
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was taking another morsel of food, Svarūpa Dāmodara caught Him by the hand and said, “It is not fit for You.” Thus he forcibly took the food away.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached for another morsel of food.
Svarūpa Dāmodara caught Him by the hand and said that the food was not fit for Him.
Svarūpa Dāmodara forcibly took the food away. Yet the Lord’s next words praise the prasādam Raghunātha was eating.
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:
This renounced life greatly pleased both Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took by force some of the same food, thus blessing Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī for his renunciation.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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