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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.60
কিবা মোর কথায় মনে ভ্রম হঞা গেল !
কিবা কোন জন্তু আসি’ সকল খাইল ? ৬০ ॥
kibā mora kathāya mane bhrama hañā gela!
kibā kona jantu āsi’ sakala khāila?
“She began to wonder whether there had actually been anything on the plate in the first place. Then again she thought that some animal might have come and eaten everything.
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She wondered whether there had actually been anything on the plate.
She then considered whether some animal had come.
She thought an animal might have eaten everything.
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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