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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.57
নিমাঞি নাহিক এথা, কে করে ভোজন ।
মোর ধ্যানে অশ্রুজলে ভরিল নয়ন ॥ ৫৭ ॥
nimāñi nāhika ethā, ke kare bhojana
mora dhyāne aśru-jale bharila nayana
“My mother was thinking, ‘Nimāi is not here. Who will accept all this food?’ As she meditated upon Me in this way, her eyes filled with tears.
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His mother was thinking that Nimāi was not there.
She wondered who would accept all the food.
As she meditated upon Him in this way, her eyes filled with tears.
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:
Then Advaita Ācārya Prabhu invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for prasādam. When Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees performed the Nandotsava ceremony, the Lord dressed Himself as a cowherd boy.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.
What does her question about the food reveal about her longing for Nimāi?
Pause for a minute to reflect on her remembrance of Nimāi, without trying to imitate her tears.
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