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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.179
গোপীনাথাচার্য উত্তম মহাপ্রসাদ আনি’ ।
সার্বভৌমে দিয়া কহে সুমধুর বাণী ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
gopīnāthācārya uttama mahā-prasāda āni’
sārvabhaume diyā kahe sumadhura vāṇī
Gopīnātha Ācārya also brought first-class food and offered it to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya while speaking sweet words.
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Gopīnātha Ācārya brought first-class food for Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
He personally offered the food to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
He accompanied his offering with sweet words, joining thoughtful service with kind speech.
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:
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. The conversation of these two prabhus — Nityānanda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu — carried a deep meaning that only an intelligent man can understand.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”, “service”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can my words make an act of service more caring?
Offer someone food today and accompany it with a few sincere, kind words.
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