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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.99
নিত্যানন্দ বলে, — এই কৃষ্ণের প্রসাদ ।
ইহাকে ‘ঝুঠা’ কহিলে, তুমি কৈলে অপরাধ ॥ ৯৯ ॥
nityānanda bale, — ei kṛṣṇera prasāda
ihāke ‘jhuṭhā’ kahile, tumi kaile aparādha
Nityānanda Prabhu replied, “These are the remnants of food left by Lord Kṛṣṇa. If You take them to be ordinary remnants, You have committed an offense.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Nityānanda Prabhu identifies the food as remnants left by Lord Kṛṣṇa. To consider these remnants ordinary is an offense.
Prasādam is transcendental and is not subject to ordinary distinctions of touchable and untouchable. The purport compares its freedom from contamination to that of Lord Viṣṇu’s body.
The Bṛhad-viṣṇu Purāṇa gives severe warnings against treating mahā-prasādam as ordinary rice and dhal. Even being a brāhmaṇa does not protect one from the consequences of this offense.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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.
Do I sometimes judge prasādam as though it were merely ordinary food?
When receiving prasādam today, consciously acknowledge it as Lord Kṛṣṇa’s remnants.
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