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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.64
পরম সন্তোষ প্রভুর বন্য-ভোজনে ।
মহাসুখ পান, যে দিন রহেন নির্জনে ॥ ৬৪ ॥
parama santoṣa prabhura vanya-bhojane
mahā-sukha pāna, ye dina rahena nirjane
The Lord was always very happy to eat these forest vegetables, and He was even happier when He had an opportunity to stay in a solitary place.
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The Lord ate vegetables from the forest.
He was always very happy to eat these forest vegetables.
He was even happier when He had an opportunity to stay in a solitary place.
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:
Whenever the Lord had a chance to visit a village, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya would beg alms and acquire some rice and vegetables. If there were no village, Balabhadra would cook whatever rice remained and collect some spinach from the forest for the Lord to eat.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the simplicity of the Lord’s happiness here?
Spend a few quiet minutes alone today, reflecting on the Lord’s pleasure in simple food and solitude.
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