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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.59
‘কে অন্ন-ব্যঞ্জন খাইল, শূন্য কেনে পাত ?
বালগোপাল কিবা খাইল সব ভাত ? ৫৯ ॥
‘ke anna-vyañjana khāila, śūnya kene pāta?
bālagopāla kibā khāila saba bhāta?
“She then began to wonder who had eaten all that food. ‘Why is the plate empty?’ she wondered, doubting that Bāla-gopāla had eaten it all.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
She wondered who had eaten all the food.
The empty plate made her ask why nothing remained.
She doubted that Bāla-gopāla had eaten it all.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in return, worshiped Advaita Ācārya with the flowers and tulasī that remained on the offered plate and said a mantra, yo ’si so ’si namo ’stu te (“Whatever You are, You are — but I offer My respects unto You”). Then Advaita Ācārya Prabhu invited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for prasādam.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about her uncertainty on seeing the empty plate?
Spend a moment today considering her question: “Why is the plate empty?”
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