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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.202
আনন্দিত হঞা শচী করেন রন্ধন ।
সুখে ভোজন করে প্রভু লঞা ভক্তগণ ॥ ২০২ ॥
ānandita hañā śacī karena randhana
sukhe bhojana kare prabhu lañā bhakta-gaṇa
Mother Śacī cooked with great pleasure, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, along with the devotees, accepted the prasādam with great pleasure.
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Mother Śacī cooked with great pleasure.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the prasādam with great pleasure.
The devotees accepted the prasādam along with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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:
There all the Navadvīpa devotees, along with mother Śacīdevī, came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This house was located at Śāntipura.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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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: “cooked”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the pleasure shared in cooking and accepting prasādam?
When accepting prasādam today, pause to appreciate the joy of both preparing and receiving it.
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