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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.324
প্রভু বলে, — “নিতি-নিতি নানা প্রসাদ খাই ।
ঐছে স্বাদ আর কোন প্রসাদে না পাই ।।” ৩২৪ ।। ॥ ৩২৪ ॥
prabhu bale, — “niti-niti nānā prasāda khāi
aiche svāda āra kona prasāde nā pāi”
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Of course, every day I eat varieties of prasādam, but I have never tasted such nice prasādam as that which Raghunātha is eating.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that He ate varieties of prasādam every day.
Nevertheless, He said He had never tasted such nice prasādam as Raghunātha was eating.
Although Svarūpa Dāmodara had called the food unfit for Him, the Lord expressed His delight in it.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s praise invite you to reconsider judging prasādam by variety alone?
When taking prasādam today, pause to appreciate it rather than looking for variety.
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