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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.19
সেই বিপ্র বহি’ নিবে বস্ত্রাম্বুভাজন ।
ভট্টাচার্য ভিক্ষা দিবে করি’ ভিক্ষাটন ॥ ১৯ ॥
sei vipra vahi’ nibe vastrāmbu-bhājana
bhaṭṭācārya bhikṣā dibe kari’ bhikṣāṭana
“The other brāhmaṇa can carry Your cloth and waterpot, and Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya will collect alms and cook for You.”
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The other brāhmaṇa could carry the Lord's cloth and waterpot.
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya would collect alms for the Lord.
Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya would also cook for Him.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 17 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:
If there were no village, Balabhadra would cook whatever rice remained and collect some spinach from the forest for the Lord to eat. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased with the behavior of Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which practical duty could you take up to help share the work?
Take responsibility for carrying needed items or helping with cooking today.
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