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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.60
তবে ভট্ট কহে বহু বিনয় বচন ।
বহু দৈন্য করি’ প্রভুরে কৈল নিমন্ত্রণ ॥ ৬০ ॥
tabe bhaṭṭa kahe bahu vinaya vacana
bahu dainya kari’ prabhure kaila nimantraṇa
Thereafter, with great submission and humility, Vallabha Bhaṭṭa invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to dine at his home.
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Vallabha Bhaṭṭa invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to dine at his home.
He offered the invitation with great submission and humility.
His invitation gave him an opportunity to serve the Lord through hospitality.
Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.
The mood of Antya 7 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:
There was some joking behavior between these two personalities, and finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected Vallabha Bhaṭṭa and sympathetically accepted an invitation from him. Before this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw that Vallabha Bhaṭṭa was greatly attached to Gadādhara Paṇḍita.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
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: “serve”, “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make an invitation an expression of humble service?
Offer someone a simple invitation to share a meal, without pressing them to accept.
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