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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.69
রাজা কহে, — পড়িছাকে আমি আজ্ঞা দিব ।
বাসা আদি যে চাহিয়ে, — পড়িছা সব দিব ॥ ৬৯ ॥
rājā kahe, — paḍichāke āmi ājñā diba
vāsā ādi ye cāhiye, — paḍichā saba diba
The King replied, “I shall give orders to the attendant in the temple. He will arrange for everyone’s residential quarters and prasādam, as you desire.
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The King agreed to the request for the devotees’ care.
He said he would give orders to the attendant in the temple.
The attendant would arrange residential quarters and prasādam for everyone.
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:
When Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya tried his best to arrange a meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and King Pratāparudra, the Lord flatly denied his request. At this time Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya returned from his governmental post, and he praised King Pratāparudra highly in Lord Caitanya’s presence.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When someone asks for practical help, how can I turn my agreement into an arrangement?
Take one concrete step to help arrange lodging or prasādam for a devotee.
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