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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.60
অর্ধাশন করেন প্রভু, গোবিন্দ অর্ধাশন ।
সব ভক্তগণ তবে ছাড়িল ভোজন ॥ ৬০ ॥
ardhāśana karena prabhu, govinda ardhāśana
saba bhakta-gaṇa tabe chāḍila bhojana
Thus both Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Govinda ate only half the food they needed. Because of this, all the other devotees gave up eating.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Govinda each ate only half the food they needed.
Because of this, all the other devotees gave up eating.
Their response shows how deeply the Lord’s reduced eating affected them. The following verses describe these days as filled with unhappiness.
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
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