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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.41
প্রথমে পাক করিয়াছেন আচার্যাণী ।
বিষ্ণু-সমর্পণ কৈল আচার্য আপনি ॥ ৪১ ॥
prathame pāka kariyāchena ācāryāṇī
viṣṇu-samarpaṇa kaila ācārya āpani
All the eatables were first cooked by the wife of Advaita Ācārya. Then Śrīla Advaita Ācārya personally offered everything to Lord Viṣṇu.
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Advaita Ācārya’s wife cooked the food, and He personally offered everything to Lord Viṣṇu. The purport presents their shared service as ideal householder life.
After the offering and ārati, prasādam is distributed to family members and guests. A householder should seek anyone without food and, if necessary, offer the guest his own portion.
Household life in Kṛṣṇa consciousness includes austerity and the regulative principles followed in a temple. Śrī Advaita Prabhu was an ideal gṛhastha, and His home was an ideal gṛhastha-āśrama.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
In his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the third chapter. After accepting the sannyāsa order at Katwa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu traveled continuously for three days in Rāḍha-deśa and, by the trick of Nityānanda Prabhu, eventually came to the western side of 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”, “offered”, “service”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributed”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could your meals become more centered on worship and care for guests?
Share a portion of prasādam with a guest today before taking your own meal.
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