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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.80
হাসি’ মহাপ্রভু আর এক গ্রাস লঞা ।
তাঁর মুখে দিয়া খাওয়ায় হাসিয়া হাসিয়া ॥ ৮০ ॥
hāsi’ mahāprabhu āra eka grāsa lañā
tāṅra mukhe diyā khāoyāya hāsiyā hāsiyā
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, also smiling, took a morsel of food, pushed it into the mouth of Nityānanda and laughed as He made Lord Nityānanda eat it.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also smiled in response to Lord Nityānanda’s playful feeding.
He took a morsel of food and pushed it into Nityānanda’s mouth.
He laughed as He made Lord Nityānanda eat it, returning the affectionate gesture.
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 do I respond when someone shows me simple, affectionate kindness?
Return one kind gesture today with a smile and a small kindness of your own.
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