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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.83
নিত্যানন্দ বলে — যবে কৈলে নিমন্ত্রণ ।
তত দিতে চাহ, যত করিয়ে ভোজন ॥ ৮৩ ॥
nityānanda bale — yabe kaile nimantraṇa
tata dite cāha, yata kariye bhojana
Lord Nityānanda Prabhu replied, “Whatever I may be, You have invited Me. Therefore You must supply as much as I want to eat.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Nityānanda Prabhu replies that, whatever He may be, His host has invited Him.
He makes that invitation the basis of His request for food.
He tells His host to supply as much as He wants to eat.
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.
When I invite someone to eat, how attentive am I to their needs?
At a shared meal today, ask whether the person eating with you has enough.
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