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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.44
দাক্ষিণাত্য-বিপ্র-সনে আছে পরিচয় ।
সেই বিপ্র নিমন্ত্রিয়া নিল নিজালয় ॥ ৪৪ ॥
dākṣiṇātya-vipra-sane āche paricaya
sei vipra nimantriyā nila nijālaya
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had made an acquaintance with a brāhmaṇa from Deccan [in South India], and that brāhmaṇa invited Him for meals and took Him to his place.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had become acquainted with a brāhmaṇa from Deccan in South India.
The brāhmaṇa invited the Lord for meals.
He took the Lord to his place.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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:
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī deposited ten thousand gold coins with a grocer, and the balance he brought in two boats to a place called Bāklā Candradvīpa. There he divided this money among the brāhmaṇas, Vaiṣṇavas and his relatives, and a portion he kept for emergency measures and personal needs.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the brāhmaṇa’s invitation show a simple way of welcoming someone?
Offer someone a warm invitation to share a meal today.
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