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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.100
শতেক সন্ন্যাসী যদি করাহ ভোজন ।
তবে এই অপরাধ হইবে খণ্ডন ॥ ১০০ ॥
śateka sannyāsī yadi karāha bhojana
tabe ei aparādha ha-ibe khaṇḍana
Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu continued, “If You invite at least one hundred sannyāsīs to Your home and feed them sumptuously, Your offense will be nullified.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu tells Advaita Ācārya to invite at least one hundred sannyāsīs to His home.
He specifies that the sannyāsīs should be fed sumptuously.
Nityānanda Prabhu says that this act would nullify Advaita Ācārya’s offense.
Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.
The mood of Madhya 3 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:
Mother Śacīdevī cooked for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu, and at that time there were many joking exchanges between Advaita Prabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu. In the evening there was a mass saṅkīrtana at the house of Advaita Prabhu, and mother Śacīdevī gave Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu permission to leave.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from the generous hospitality requested here?
Take one small step toward helping provide a generous meal for a sannyāsī.
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