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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.174
এই মহাপ্রসাদ অল্প করহ আস্বাদন ।
দেখ, জগন্নাথ কৈছে কর্যাছেন ভোজন ॥ ১৭৪ ॥
ei mahā-prasāda alpa karaha āsvādana
dekha, jagannātha kaiche karyāchena bhojana
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī then said, “Just take a little of this mahā-prasādam, and see how it is that Lord Jagannātha has accepted it.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī invited the Lord to take a little mahā-prasādam.
He drew attention to Lord Jagannātha’s acceptance of it.
His invitation was to taste it and see how Lord Jagannātha had accepted it.
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:
After all the Vaiṣṇavas finished their luncheon, Svarūpa Dāmodara and others took their prasādam within the room. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took great pleasure when He saw the Jagannātha Deity after the period of the Deity’s retirement.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 does remembering Lord Jagannātha’s acceptance shape your appreciation of mahā-prasādam?
Recall today that the mahā-prasādam described here had been accepted by Lord Jagannātha.
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