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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.248
এই অন্নে তৃপ্ত হয় দশ বার জন ।
একেলা সন্ন্যাসী করে এতেক ভক্ষণ ! ২৪৮ ॥
ei anne tṛpta haya daśa bāra jana
ekelā sannyāsī kare eteka bhakṣaṇa!
“This much food is sufficient to satisfy ten or twelve men, but this sannyāsī alone is eating so much!”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker claimed that the food was enough to satisfy ten or twelve men.
He contrasted that quantity with a single sannyāsī eating.
His words expressed criticism of how much the sannyāsī was eating.
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:
Considering the humble prayer of Vāsudeva Datta, He established that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is qualified to deliver all the conditioned souls. 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.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.
Have I used comparisons to criticize how much another person eats?
Avoid making a critical comparison about another person’s portion at a meal today.
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