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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.77
মোর ভাগ্যে, মোর ঘরে, তোমার আগমন ।
ছাড়হ চাতুরী, প্রভু, করহ ভোজন ॥ ৭৭ ॥
mora bhāgye, mora ghare, tomāra āgamana
chāḍaha cāturī, prabhu, karaha bhojana
Advaita Ācārya continued, “By My great fortune You have just come to My home. Please do not juggle words. Just begin eating and do not talk.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Advaita Ācārya considered the Lord’s arrival at His home His great fortune.
He asked the Lord not to juggle words.
He urged the Lord to stop talking and begin eating.
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:
Advaita Prabhu asked Him to take His bath in the Ganges and took Him to His (Advaita’s) house. There all the Navadvīpa devotees, along with mother Śacīdevī, came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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