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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.41
আপনে বৈস, প্রভু, ভোজন করিতে ।
তুমি না খাইলে, কেহ না পারে খাইতে ॥ ৪১ ॥
āpane vaisa, prabhu, bhojana karite
tumi nā khāile, keha nā pāre khāite
Svarūpa Dāmodara said, “My Lord, please sit down. No one will eat until You do.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Svarūpa Dāmodara respectfully asked the Lord to sit down.
No one would eat until the Lord did.
His request expressed the gathering’s wish to wait for the Lord.
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:
The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I show thoughtful respect for others when sharing a meal?
At a shared meal today, help others settle before beginning to eat.
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