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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.267
একদিন অন্ন আনে দশ-বিশ জনে ।
দিনে তত লয়, যত খায় দুই জনে ॥ ২৬৭ ॥
eka-dina anna āne daśa-biśa jane
dine tata laya, yata khāya dui jane
“In one day enough food was brought for ten or twenty people, but the hunter and his wife would accept only as much as they could eat.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
In one day, people brought enough food for ten or twenty people.
The hunter and his wife accepted only as much as they could eat.
Even with so much food available, they limited what they accepted to their needs.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 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:
In this regard, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu narrated a story about how the great sage Nārada converted a hunter into a great Vaiṣṇava, and how this was appreciated by Nārada’s friend Parvata Muni. Sanātana Gosvāmī then offered a prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the glory of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When more is available than you need, what helps you accept only enough?
At one meal today, take only as much food as you can eat.
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