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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.45
সার্দ্রক, বাস্তুক-শাক বিবিধ প্রকার ।
পটোল, কুষ্মাণ্ড-বড়ি, মানকচু আর ॥ ৪৫ ॥
sārdraka, vāstuka-śāka vividha prakāra
paṭola, kuṣmāṇḍa-baḍi, mānakacu āra
Among the cooked vegetables were paṭolas, squash, mānakacu and a salad made with pieces of ginger and various types of spinach.
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The cooked vegetables included paṭolas and squash.
Mānakacu was also among the cooked vegetables.
There was a salad made with pieces of ginger and various types of spinach.
Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was induced to believe that the river Ganges was the Yamunā. When He was worshiping the sacred river, Advaita Prabhu arrived in a boat.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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In this verse: “cooked”
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What variety do you notice in the vegetables described here?
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