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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.165
পুলিন-ভোজন কৃষ্ণ পূর্বে যৈছে কৈল ।
সেই লীলা মহাপ্রভুর মনে স্মৃতি হৈল ॥ ১৬৫ ॥
pulina-bhojana kṛṣṇa pūrve yaiche kaila
sei līlā mahāprabhura mane smṛti haila
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa had previously taken His lunch in the forest, and that very pastime was remembered by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa had previously taken His lunch in the forest.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remembered that pastime.
His remembrance was of that very forest lunch of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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.
Can a quiet moment at lunch help me remember Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa?
At lunch today, pause briefly to remember Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa taking His lunch in the forest.
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