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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.233
উদ্যোগ না ছিল মোর গৃহিণীর রন্ধনে ।
যাঁর শক্ত্যে ভোগ সিদ্ধ, সেই তাহা জানে ॥ ২৩৩ ॥
udyoga nā chila mora gṛhiṇīra randhane
yāṅra śaktye bhoga siddha, sei tāhā jāne
“My wife and I did not especially exert ourselves in the cooking. He by whose power the food has been prepared knows everything.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker says that he and his wife did not especially exert themselves in cooking.
He attributes the preparation of the food to His power, rather than to their effort alone.
He affirms that the One by whose power the food was prepared knows everything.
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:
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. Considering the humble prayer of Vāsudeva Datta, He established that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is qualified to deliver all the conditioned souls.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 remembering His power help you remain humble about your own effort?
During one cooking task today, pause to acknowledge the One by whose power the food is prepared.
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