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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.81
আচার্য কহে — তুমি হও তৈর্থিক সন্ন্যাসী ।
কভু ফল-মূল খাও, কভু উপবাসী ॥ ৮১ ॥
ācārya kahe — tumi hao tairthika sannyāsī
kabhu phala-mūla khāo, kabhu upavāsī
Advaita Ācārya replied, “Sir, You are a mendicant traveling on pilgrimage. Sometimes You eat fruits and roots, and sometimes You simply go on fasting.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Advaita Ācārya addressed Nityānanda Prabhu as a mendicant traveling on pilgrimage.
He said that sometimes such a traveler eats fruits and roots.
At other times, the traveler simply continues fasting.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this description help me notice about the uncertainty of a traveling mendicant’s meals?
Before eating today, pause to appreciate having a meal available.
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