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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.201
প্রভু না খাইলে কেহ না করে ভোজন ।
ঊর্ধ্ব-হস্তে বসি’ রহে সর্ব ভক্তগণ ॥ ২০১ ॥
prabhu nā khāile keha nā kare bhojana
ūrdhva-haste vasi’ rahe sarva bhakta-gaṇa
All the devotees kept their hands raised over the prasādam distributed to them, for they did not want to eat without seeing the Lord eat first.
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Prasādam had been distributed to all the devotees.
They kept their hands raised over the prasādam rather than beginning to eat.
They did not want to eat without seeing the Lord eat first.
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:
After Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya had explained to the King why the devotees had apparently violated the scriptural injunctions for visiting a place of pilgrimage, the King arranged residential quarters for all the devotees and saw to their prasādam. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu talked very happily with Vāsudeva Datta and other devotees.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: “distributed”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the devotees’ willingness to wait reveal about their regard for the Lord?
Before your meal today, pause to remember the devotees waiting to see the Lord eat first.
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