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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.189
অদ্বৈত কহে, — অবধূতের সঙ্গে এক পংক্তি ।
ভোজন করিলুঁ, না জানি হবে কোন্ গতি ॥ ১৮৯ ॥
advaita kahe, — avadhūtera saṅge eka paṅkti
bhojana kariluṅ, nā jāni habe kon gati
First Advaita Ācārya said, “I am sitting in line with an unknown mendicant, and because I am eating with Him, I do not know what kind of destination is awaiting Me.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Advaita Ācārya spoke first.
He described His dining companion as an unknown mendicant.
He said He did not know what destination awaited Him because He was eating with this companion.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What concern does Advaita Ācārya express about eating with an unknown mendicant?
Read His words aloud once, noticing the connection He makes between dining company and destination.
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