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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.59
সেই ভাত-ব্যঞ্জন প্রভু অর্ধেক খাইল ।
যে কিছু রহিল, তাহা গোবিন্দ পাইল ॥ ৫৯ ॥
sei bhāta-vyañjana prabhu ardheka khāila
ye kichu rahila, tāhā govinda pāila
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate only half of the rice and vegetables, and whatever remained was taken by Govinda.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ate only half of the rice and vegetables that had been accepted.
Govinda ate whatever remained after the Lord’s meal.
The next verse explains that neither received enough food: both ate only half of what they needed.
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:
For this reason he was not very respectful to the Vaiṣṇavas, and later he became so fallen that he began criticizing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for His eating. Hearing his criticisms, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reduced His eating, but after Rāmacandra Purī left Jagannātha Purī, the Lord resumed His usual behavior.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.
When sharing food, do I notice whether everyone has enough?
At a meal today, check that the person sharing it with you has enough to eat.
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