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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.42
তিন ঠাঞি ভোগ বাড়াইল সম করি’ ।
কৃষ্ণের ভোগ বাড়াইল ধাতু-পাত্রোপরি ॥ ৪২ ॥
tina ṭhāñi bhoga bāḍāila sama kari’
kṛṣṇera bhoga bāḍāila dhātu-pātropari
All the prepared food was divided into three equal parts. One part was arranged on a metal plate for offering to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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The prepared food was divided into three equal parts. One part was arranged on a metal plate for offering to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
The word bāḍāila means “increased” and is used by the gṛhasthas in Bengal. Although taking away a portion ordinarily decreases food, here it is called an increase.
When food is prepared for Kṛṣṇa and offered to Him and the Vaiṣṇavas, the stock is increased, never decreased.
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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:
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. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was induced to believe that the river Ganges was the Yamunā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this understanding of offering change the way you think about giving?
Today, set aside a portion of prepared food for offering to Kṛṣṇa.
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