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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.73
পাদপ্রক্ষালন করি’ ভিক্ষাতে বসিলা ।
‘সনাতনে ভিক্ষা দেহ’ — মিশ্রেরে কহিলা ॥ ৭৩ ॥
pāda-prakṣālana kari’ bhikṣāte vasilā
‘sanātane bhikṣā deha’ — miśrere kahilā
After washing His feet, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sat down for lunch. He asked Tapana Miśra to supply Sanātana Gosvāmī lunch also.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu washed His feet before lunch.
He then sat down to eat.
He asked Tapana Miśra to supply Sanātana Gosvāmī lunch also.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
For his garment, he used an old cloth of Tapana Miśra’s. Later, he exchanged his valuable blanket for a torn quilt.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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: “washed”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When you sit down to eat, do you notice whether others have been provided for?
At a meal today, check whether someone else needs food and offer to help.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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