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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.242
গোবর্ধন-যজ্ঞে অন্ন খাইলা রাশি রাশি ।
তার লেখায় এই অন্ন নহে এক গ্রাসী ॥ ২৪২ ॥
govardhana-yajñe anna khāilā rāśi rāśi
tāra lekhāya ei anna nahe eka grāsī
“Indeed,” Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya continued, “at the Govardhana-pūjā ceremony You ate stacks of rice. In comparison to that, this small quantity is not even a morsel for You.
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Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya recalls that the Lord ate stacks of rice at the Govardhana-pūjā ceremony.
He compares the food before the Lord with that much greater quantity.
By that comparison, he describes the present food as not even a morsel for the Lord.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
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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
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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “govardhana-pūjā”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Bhaṭṭācārya’s comparison change the way I view the quantity of food before the Lord?
Read the comparison once today, reflecting on the contrast between stacks of rice and a morsel.
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