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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.234
এইত আসনে বসি’ করহ ভোজন ।
প্রভু কহে, — পূজ্য এই কৃষ্ণের আসন ॥ ২৩৪ ॥
eita āsane vasi’ karaha bhojana
prabhu kahe, — pūjya ei kṛṣṇera āsana
“Now please sit in this place and take Your lunch.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The invitation is to sit in the place provided and take lunch.
Caitanya Mahāprabhu replies that this place is worshipable.
He explains that the place is worshipable because Kṛṣṇa used it.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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 does Kṛṣṇa’s use of a place change the way you regard it?
Today, reflect for a moment on Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s reason for honoring the sitting place: Kṛṣṇa had used it.
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