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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.238
তথাপি এতেক অন্ন খাওন না যায় ।
ভট্ট কহে, — জানি, খাও যতেক যুয়ায় ॥ ২৩৮ ॥
tathāpi eteka anna khāona nā yāya
bhaṭṭa kahe, — jāni, khāo yateka yuyāya
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said, “There is so much food here that it is impossible to eat it all.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu remarks that there is a great quantity of food.
He says that it is impossible to eat it all.
The Bhaṭṭācārya replies that he knows how much the Lord can eat.
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:
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 contrast do I notice between the Lord’s statement and the Bhaṭṭācārya’s reply?
Read the two statements aloud today, noticing the Lord’s remark and the Bhaṭṭācārya’s confidence.
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