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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.25
সব ঠাকুরাণী মহাপ্রভুকে ভিক্ষা দিতে ।
প্রভুর নানা প্রিয় দ্রব্য নিল ঘর হৈতে ॥ ২৫ ॥
saba ṭhākurāṇī mahāprabhuke bhikṣā dite
prabhura nānā priya dravya nila ghara haite
To offer Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu various types of food, all the wives of the great devotees brought from home various dishes that pleased Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
All the wives of the great devotees brought various dishes from home.
They brought the food to offer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
They chose dishes that pleased Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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:
This time, all the wives of the Vaiṣṇavas brought many types of food, intending to extend invitations to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī. When the devotees arrived, Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent His blessings in the form of garlands.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When preparing an offering, how much attention do I give to pleasing the Lord?
Prepare one simple food offering today with care and the intention of pleasing the Lord.
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