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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.88
অভোজ্যান্ন বিপ্র যদি করেন নিমন্ত্রণ ।
প্রসাদ-মূল্য লইতে লাগে কৌড়ি দুইপণ ॥ ৮৮ ॥
abhojyānna vipra yadi karena nimantraṇa
prasāda-mūlya la-ite lāge kauḍi dui-paṇa
When a brāhmaṇa at whose home an invitation could not be accepted invited the Lord, he would pay two paṇas of conchshells to purchase the prasādam.
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Some brāhmaṇas invited the Lord even though an invitation at their home could not be accepted.
In such a case, the brāhmaṇa would pay two paṇas of conchshells to purchase the prasādam.
This arrangement allowed him to provide prasādam without hosting the Lord at home.
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 one way of serving is unavailable, am I willing to help through another suitable arrangement?
Offer one small contribution toward providing prasādam today.
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