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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.52
পঞ্চাশ পঞ্চাশ ডোঙ্গা ব্যঞ্জনে পূরিঞা ।
তিন ভোগের আশে পাশে রাখিল ধরিঞা ॥ ৫২ ॥
pañcāśa pañcāśa ḍoṅgā vyañjane pūriñā
tina bhogera āśe pāśe rākhila dhariñā
All around the three eating places were a hundred pots filled with various kinds of vegetables.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
There were three eating places.
A hundred pots were arranged all around them.
The pots were filled with various kinds of vegetables.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the arrangement help you picture the abundance of the meal?
When setting out a meal today, arrange the serving dishes carefully around the eating places.
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