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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.167
প্রভু কহে, — মোরে দেহ’ লাফ্রা-ব্যঞ্জনে ।
পিঠা-পানা, অমৃত-গুটিকা দেহ’ ভক্তগণে ॥ ১৬৭ ॥
prabhu kahe, — more deha’ lāphrā-vyañjane
piṭhā-pānā, amṛta-guṭikā deha’ bhakta-gaṇe
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “You can give Me the ordinary vegetable known as lāphrā-vyañjana, and you may deliver to all the devotees better preparations like cakes, sweet rice and amṛta-guṭikā.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested the ordinary vegetable preparation called lāphrā-vyañjana for Himself. It combines several green vegetables and is often mixed with rice and given to poor men.
He asked that the devotees receive better preparations, such as cakes, sweet rice and amṛta-guṭikā.
Amṛta-guṭikā is thick purī mixed with condensed milk. It is also known as amṛta-rasāvalī.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
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In this verse: “deliver”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to accept something simple while offering others something better?
At one meal today, let someone else receive a preferred preparation while you accept a simpler portion.
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