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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.74
প্রভু বলে — এত অন্ন নারিব খাইতে ।
সন্ন্যাসীর ধর্ম নহে উচ্ছিষ্ট রাখিতে ॥ ৭৪ ॥
prabhu bale — eta anna nāriba khāite
sannyāsīra dharma nahe ucchiṣṭa rākhite
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “I will not be able to eat so much food, and it is not the duty of a sannyāsī to leave remnants.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that He would not be able to eat so much food.
He stated that it is not the duty of a sannyāsī to leave remnants.
His concern joined the quantity of food with His responsibility as a sannyāsī.
The purport of CC Madhya 3.74 quotesSB 11.18.19
According to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.18.19):
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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:
In the evening there was a mass saṅkīrtana at the house of Advaita Prabhu, and mother Śacīdevī gave Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu permission to leave. She requested Him to make Jagannātha Purī, Nīlācala, His headquarters.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 can I be more careful about taking only as much food as I can eat?
At one meal today, take a portion you can finish.
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