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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.192
প্রভু ক্রমে ক্রমে পাঁচ-দিন ঘাটাইল ।
পাঁচ-দিন তাঁর ভিক্ষা নিয়ম করিল ॥ ১৯২ ॥
prabhu krame krame pāṅca-dina ghāṭāila
pāṅca-dina tāṅra bhikṣā niyama karila
In this way, by and by, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu reduced the duration to five days. Thus for five days He regularly accepted the Bhaṭṭācārya’s invitation to lunch.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gradually reduced the duration of the invitation.
The duration was settled at five days.
For those five days, He regularly accepted the Bhaṭṭācārya’s invitation to lunch.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
The mood of Madhya 15 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:
Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, with great humility, sent some Jagannātha prasādam and a cloth from Lord Jagannātha to His mother through Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. When the Lord bade farewell to Rāghava Paṇḍita, Vāsudeva Datta, the residents of Kulīna-grāma and other devotees, He praised them for their transcendental qualities.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you value the opportunity to serve that is actually accepted?
Carry out one agreed act of hospitality today without asking to expand it.
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