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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.115
বিশেষে শ্রীহস্তে প্রভু করে পরিবেশন ।
এত লাভ ছাড়ি’ কোন্ করে উপোষণ ॥ ১১৫ ॥
viśeṣe śrī-haste prabhu kare pariveśana
eta lābha chāḍi’ kon kare upoṣaṇa
“When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is distributing prasādam with His transcendental hand, who will neglect such an opportunity and accept the regulative principle of fasting?
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is personally distributing prasādam with His transcendental hand.
Receiving prasādam from Him is an opportunity not to be neglected.
In this situation, accepting His prasādam takes precedence over the regulative principle of fasting.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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:
The King discussed the devotees with Gopīnātha Ācārya, and he mentioned that the devotees were accepting prasādam without observing the regulative principles governing pilgrimages. They accepted prasādam without having shaved, and they neglected to fast in a holy place.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributing”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What makes receiving prasādam from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu more important here than observing a fast?
Read the verse once slowly, giving special attention to the words “His transcendental hand.”
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