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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.200
তবে পরিবেশক স্বরূপাদি সাত জন ।
গৃহের ভিতরে কৈল প্রসাদ ভোজন ॥ ২০০ ॥
tabe pariveśaka svarūpādi sāta jana
gṛhera bhitare kaila prasāda bhojana
The seven persons headed by Svarūpa Dāmodara who were engaged in distributing prasādam to others then took their meals within the room.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Seven persons had been engaged in distributing prasādam to others.
These servers were headed by Svarūpa Dāmodara.
They then took their own meals within the room.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributing”
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: “servers”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do you notice whether those serving others have had a chance to eat?
At a meal today, check that someone helping serve also has a chance to eat.
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