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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.61
গোবিন্দ-কাশীশ্বরে প্রভু কৈলা আজ্ঞাপন ।
‘দুঁহে অন্যত্র মাগি’ কর উদর ভরণ’ ॥ ৬১ ॥
govinda-kāśīśvare prabhu kailā ājñāpana
‘duṅhe anyatra māgi’ kara udara bharaṇa’
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Govinda and Kāśīśvara, “You may both take alms elsewhere to fill your bellies.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu addressed both Govinda and Kāśīśvara.
He told them that they could take alms elsewhere to fill their bellies.
Although His own eating was reduced, He made provision for them to obtain enough food elsewhere.
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.
Do I allow others to meet their needs even when my own circumstances are restricted?
Make one practical arrangement today so that someone helping you can eat adequately.
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