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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.91
আচার্য কহে — যে দিয়াছি, তাহা না ছাড়িবা ।
এখন যে দিয়ে, তার অর্ধেক খাইবা ॥ ৯১ ॥
ācārya kahe — ye diyāchi, tāhā nā chāḍibā
ekhana ye diye, tāra ardheka khāibā
Advaita Ācārya said, “Please do not give up whatever I have already given You. Now, whatever I am giving, You may eat half and leave half.”
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Advaita Ācārya asked that whatever He had already given not be given up.
He continued offering more food.
For this further serving, He said that half could be eaten and half left.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “serving”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you offer something warmly without requiring someone to accept it all?
When offering food today, let the person know they may leave some.
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