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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.243
তুমি ত’ ঈশ্বর, মুঞি — ক্ষুদ্র জীব ছার ।
এক-গ্রাস মাধুকরী করহ অঙ্গীকার ॥ ২৪৩ ॥
tumi ta’ īśvara, muñi — kṣudra jīva chāra
eka-grāsa mādhukarī karaha aṅgīkāra
“You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whereas I am a most insignificant living being. Therefore please accept a little quantity of food from my house.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Bhaṭṭācārya acknowledges Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and himself as a most insignificant living being. He humbly asks the Lord to accept food from his house.
A sannyāsī should collect a little food from each householder and eat only what is necessary to maintain the body. This system is called mādhukarī, after bees collecting a little honey from each flower.
As a sannyāsī, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu could accept a little food from the Bhaṭṭācārya’s house. Compared with what the Lord had eaten on other occasions, the feast was not even a morsel.
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:
Thereafter, when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was accepting prasādam at the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Sārvabhauma’s son-in-law, Amogha, created trouble in the family with his criticisms. The following morning, he was attacked by the disease of visūcikā (cholera).Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “insignificant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from the Bhaṭṭācārya’s humility when asking the Supreme Lord to accept his food?
Before a meal today, reflect briefly on the instruction to eat what is necessary to maintain the body.
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