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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.97
সেবক তাম্বূল লঞা করে সমর্পণ ।
হাসিয়া হাসিয়া প্রভু করয়ে চর্বণ ॥ ৯৭ ॥
sevaka tāmbūla lañā kare samarpaṇa
hāsiyā hāsiyā prabhu karaye carvaṇa
When a servant brought betel nuts and offered them to Lord Nityānanda, the Lord smiled and chewed them.
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A servant brought betel nuts and offered them to Lord Nityānanda.
Lord Nityānanda smiled as He received the offering.
He chewed the betel nuts, accepting the servant’s simple act of service.
Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
The mood of Antya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had gone to Śāntipura on His way to Vṛndāvana, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī had offered to dedicate his life at the Lord’s lotus feet. In the meantime, however, a Muslim official became envious of Hiraṇya dāsa, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī’s uncle, and induced some big official court minister to have him arrested.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servant”, “offered”, “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about Lord Nityānanda’s response to this simple offering?
Do one small act of service today with care.
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