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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.159
তার তলে, তার তলে করি’ অনুক্রম ।
উদ্যান ভরি’ বৈসে ভক্ত করিতে ভোজন ॥ ১৫৯ ॥
tāra tale, tāra tale kari’ anukrama
udyāna bhari’ vaise bhakta karite bhojana
In this way all the devotees sat down to take their lunch in consecutive lines, one beside the other.
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All the devotees sat down to take their lunch.
They sat in consecutive lines.
Within those lines, they sat one beside the other.
Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 12 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:
Advaita Prabhu said that Nityānanda Prabhu was unknown to anyone and that it was not the duty of a householder brāhmaṇa to accept dinner with a person unknown in society. In answer to this humorous statement, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu replied that Advaita Ācārya was a monist and that one could not know how his mind could be turned by eating with such an impersonalist.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I help make a shared meal orderly and welcoming?
Help arrange seats for a shared meal so people can sit beside one another.
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