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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.202
স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি প্রভুকে কৈল নিবেদন ।
তুমি না বসিলে কেহ না করে ভোজন ॥ ২০২ ॥
svarūpa-gosāñi prabhuke kaila nivedana
tumi nā vasile keha nā kare bhojana
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī then informed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “Unless You sit and take prasādam, no one will accept it.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī informed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu of the devotees’ decision.
He told the Lord that He needed to sit and take prasādam.
Unless the Lord did so, no one would accept prasādam.
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:
While Advaita Ācārya and the other devotees were coming to Jagannātha Purī, Svarūpa Dāmodara and Govinda, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s two personal assistants, went to receive all the devotees with garlands. From the roof of his palace, King Pratāparudra could see all the devotees arriving.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī’s request express concern for both the Lord and the devotees?
At a meal today, gently invite someone who is serving to sit and eat too.
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