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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.61
কিবা আমি অন্নপাত্রে ভ্রমে না বাড়িল !’
এত চিন্তি’ পাক-পাত্র যাঞা দেখিল ॥ ৬১ ॥
kibā āmi anna-pātre bhrame nā bāḍila!’
eta cinti’ pāka-pātra yāñā dekhila
“She thought, ‘Perhaps by mistake I did not put any food on the plate.’ So thinking, she went into the kitchen and saw the pots.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
She thought she might have made a mistake.
Perhaps she had not put any food on the plate.
With this thought, she went into the kitchen and looked at the pots.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When you are unsure what happened, do you pause to check as she did?
Today, gently check one detail you are unsure about rather than immediately accepting your first explanation.
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