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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.287
ভিক্ষাতে পণ্ডিতের স্নেহ, প্রভুর আস্বাদন ।
মনুষ্যের শক্ত্যে দুই না যায় বর্ণন ॥ ২৮৭ ॥
bhikṣāte paṇḍitera sneha, prabhura āsvādana
manuṣyera śaktye dui nā yāya varṇana
No ordinary human being can possibly describe Gadādhara Paṇḍita’s affectionate presentation of food or Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s tasting this food.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Gadādhara Paṇḍita presented food with affection.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu tasted that food.
No ordinary human being can possibly describe either that affectionate presentation or the Lord’s tasting.
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:
From Kaṭaka (Cuttack), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, and He bade farewell to Rāmānanda Rāya from Bhadraka. After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu crossed the border of Orissa state, and He arrived at Pānihāṭi by boat.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.
Do I notice the affection in service, rather than only its outward form?
When serving food today, give deliberate attention to serving with affection.
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