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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.134
প্রাতঃকালে অক্রূরে আসি’ রন্ধন করিয়া ।
প্রভুরে ভিক্ষা দেন শালগ্রামে সমর্পিয়া ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
prātaḥ-kāle akrūre āsi’ randhana kariyā
prabhure bhikṣā dena śālagrāme samarpiyā
In the morning they would come to Akrūra-tīrtha and cook food. After offering it to the śālagrāma-śilā, they offered it to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The purport describes pañca-gauḍa-brāhmaṇas from five places in northern India and pañca-dākṣiṇātya-brāhmaṇas from five places in southern India.
These brāhmaṇas are accepted as pure because they strictly observe Vedic principles and are not polluted by tantric misdeeds.
They respectfully invited Caitanya Mahāprabhu for lunch. In the morning they cooked at Akrūra-tīrtha, offered the food to the śālagrāma-śilā, and then offered it to Him.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
The mood of Madhya 18 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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His bath at Akrūra-ghāṭa, He submerged Himself in the water for a long time. Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya decided to take Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to Prayāga after visiting the holy place known as Soro-kṣetra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”, “cooked”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to me about the care and respect shown in preparing and offering this meal?
Before preparing a meal today, reread the sequence of cooking and offering described here.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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