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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.177
“পুরী-গোসাঞি তোমার ঘরে কর্যাছেন ভিক্ষা ।
মোরে তুমি ভিক্ষা দেহ, — এই মোর ‘শিক্ষা’ ॥” ১৭৭ ॥
“purī-gosāñi tomāra ghare karyāchena bhikṣā
more tumi bhikṣā deha, — ei mora ‘śikṣā’ ”
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Mādhavendra Purī has already taken lunch at your place. Therefore you may cook and give Me the food. That is My instruction.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu noted that Mādhavendra Purī had already taken lunch at the brāhmaṇa’s home.
On that basis, He told the brāhmaṇa that he could cook and give Him the food.
The Lord made His direction clear: “That is My instruction.”
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next passed through Prayāga and Mathurā and then took His lunch at the home of a Sānoḍiyā brāhmaṇa, a disciple of Mādhavendra Purī. He bestowed His blessings upon the brāhmaṇa by accepting lunch at his place.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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How does the Lord’s instruction show regard for Mādhavendra Purī’s example?
Read the instruction again and note the reason the Lord gives for accepting the brāhmaṇa’s cooking.
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