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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.41
প্রত্যহ প্রভুর ভিক্ষা ইতি-উতি হয় ।
কেহ যদি মূল্য আনে, চারিপণ-নির্ণয় ॥ ৪১ ॥
pratyaha prabhura bhikṣā iti-uti haya
keha yadi mūlya āne, cāri-paṇa-nirṇaya
Every day the Lord would take His meal at a different place, and if someone was prepared to pay for a meal, the price was fixed at only four paṇas.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord took His meal at a different place every day.
If someone was prepared to pay for a meal, the price was fixed at only four paṇas.
These ordinary meal arrangements form part of the setting for Rāmacandra Purī’s scrutiny of the Lord’s daily life.
Discomfort and vigilance. Fault-finding disrupts devotional life, exposing the emotional cost of criticism.
The mood of Antya 8 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:
This chapter describes the history of the Lord’s dealings with Rāmacandra Purī. Although Rāmacandra Purī was one of the disciples of Mādhavendra Purī, he was influenced by dry Māyāvādīs, and therefore he criticized Mādhavendra Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I notice someone’s daily arrangements without looking for something to criticize?
At one meal today, avoid commenting critically on another person’s food.
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