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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.216
কাঁজিবড়া, দুগ্ধ-চিড়া, দুগ্ধ-লক্লকী ।
আর যত পিঠা কৈল, কহিতে না শকি ॥ ২১৬ ॥
kāṅji-baḍā, dugdha-ciḍā, dugdha-laklakī
āra yata piṭhā kaila, kahite nā śaki
There were kāṅji-baḍā, dugdha-ciḍā, dugdha-laklakī and various cakes that I am unable to describe.
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The preparations included kāṅji-baḍā.
Dugdha-ciḍā and dugdha-laklakī were also present.
There were various cakes that the narrator says he is unable to describe.
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:
Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān asked some questions, and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed them that all householder devotees must engage themselves in the service of Vaiṣṇavas exclusively devoted to chanting the holy name of the Lord. He also instructed the Vaiṣṇavas from Khaṇḍa, as well as Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and Vidyā-vācaspati, and He praised Murāri Gupta for his firm faith in the lotus feet of Lord Rāmacandra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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What impression do you receive from the narrator’s inability to describe all the cakes?
Read the three named preparations aloud slowly, then note that the list also includes undescribed cakes.
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