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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.36
এইমত জগন্নাথ করেন ভোজন ।
এই সুখে মহাপ্রভুর জুড়ায় নয়ন ॥ ৩৬ ॥
ei-mata jagannātha karena bhojana
ei sukhe mahāprabhura juḍāya nayana
Indeed, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was fully satisfied just to see how Lord Jagannātha accepted all the food.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was fully satisfied simply to see how Lord Jagannātha accepted all the food.
Following His footsteps, a Vaiṣṇava should be satisfied to see various foods offered to the Deity of Jagannātha or Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.
A Vaiṣṇava should not hunger for varied foods for his own sake. His satisfaction is in seeing them offered to the Deity.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 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:
He then took the opportunity to massage the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhā-kṛṣṇa”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you turn your attention from your own enjoyment of food toward the Lord's satisfaction?
When thinking about food today, pause to remember that a Vaiṣṇava's satisfaction is in seeing food offered to the Deity.
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