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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.73
পুরীর স্বভাব, — যথেষ্ট আহার করাঞা ।
যে না খায়, তারে খাওয়ায় যতন করিয়া ॥ ৭৩ ॥
purīra svabhāva, — yatheṣṭa āhāra karāñā
ye nā khāya, tāre khāoyāya yatana kariyā
“It is the nature of Rāmacandra Purī that first he lets one eat as much as desired, and if one does not eat more than necessary, with great attention he makes him eat more.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Paramānanda Purī describes Rāmacandra Purī's pattern of behavior. First, he lets a person eat as much as desired.
If the person does not eat more than necessary, Rāmacandra Purī carefully presses him to eat more.
His attention encourages excess rather than moderation. This contrasts with the earlier instruction to eat only as much as necessary.
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:
Because Rāmacandra Purī had been rejected by his spiritual master, he became concerned only with finding faults in others and advising them according to dry Māyāvāda philosophy. 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.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 respect another person's decision when they have eaten enough?
When offering food today, accept a person's refusal without urging them to eat more.
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